Collection Highlights
Declaration of Independence
Date:
1820-1823
Object Number:
PR.221.44
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Snail
Object Number:
1979.53
Date:
1816
Medium:
Watercolor with glazing on paper laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 4 7/16 in. ( 8.9 x 11.3 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Brett. 1816"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black ink over chalk: "Brett. 1816"
Description:
Animal figure
Gallery Label:
This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Provenance:
Thomas Seir Cummings
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
