Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spectacles and case
Object Number:
INV.7536ab
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Gold, glass, leather
Dimensions:
Case: 6 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 15.6 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm )
Overall (spectacles closed): 1 x 5 1/2 x 5/8 in. (2.5 x 14 x 1.
Marks:
stamped: inside right temple near hinge: "14K"
handwritten in ink: on paper tag: "GIFT OF / THOMAS S. / CONSTANTINE / FEB. 1943"
Description:
Gold wire rim spectacles with quadrangular colorless glass lenses, crank bridge, and thin wire temples with loop at the end; in dark brown leather case with pointed bottom and open top.
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas S.Constantine, 1943
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
