Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
St. Christopher, Copied from a Woodcut of c. 1423
Object Number:
X.454
Medium:
Brown ink on gray paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 9 1/8 in. ( 33 x 23.2 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Drawn by B.J. Lossing"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right outside image in brown ink: "Drawn by B. J. Lossing"
Gallery Label:
This drawing was copied from the original wood engraving, ca. 1423, in the Spencer Collection, John Rylands Library, Manchester, England.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
