Collection Highlights
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
Date:
1866-68
Object Number:
1872.23.173
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spectacles
Object Number:
INV.7548
Date:
1829-1830
Medium:
Silver, glass
Dimensions:
closed: 1 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 11.4 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
stamped: inside right temple: "M.H", London hallmarks, "A.ABRAHAM L'POOL"
stamped: inside left temple: "M.H.", London hallmarks
stamped: on ends of temples: hallmarks
stamped: on end of left temple: "P 21"
stamped: inside bridge: date letter "O" and d
Description:
Silver spectacles with oval lenses connected with "C" bridge; adjustable turnpin temples with widened pointed ends; hallmarks stamped inside temples.
Gallery Label:
These spectacles were made in London and retailed in at Abrahams in Liverpool.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
