Collection Highlights
An Address to the inhabitants of the British Settlements in America, upon slave-keeping
Date:
1773
Object Number:
LIB.Y1773.RushAddress
Medium:
Paper, book
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Steamship "Robert Fulton"
Object Number:
X.275
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite with scratching out and selective glazing on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 1/2 x 23 in. ( 41.9 x 58.4 cm )
Marks:
Inscribed: at bottom center: "Steam-ship robert Fulton of New York / 700 tons. / Built by Henry Eckford, and ran in 1820 & 1821 as a Steam Packet between New York, Charleston, Havanna, and New Orleans."
Inscribed: at lower right: "from an Original Sketch
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below image in black: "Steam-ship ROBERT FULTON of New York / 700 tons. / Built by Henry Eckford, and ran in 1820 & 1821 as a Packet between New York, Charleston, Havanna and / New Orleans;" at lower right: "From an original Sketch / RV DeWitt"
Description:
Marine
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
