Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Studies of the Bridge over the Lehigh River, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Object Number:
1958.66
Date:
1795
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 13 in. ( 20.3 x 33 cm )
Marks:
inscription: upper left: "Bridge over the Lehigh at Bethlehem. / of 5 arches"
inscription: lower left: "The beam B projects & is trussed up to C. - / D the stretching beams . . . / [etc.]"
inscription: lower right: "The pier filled up as far as marked /
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "Bridge over the Lehigh at Bethlahem. / of 5 arches --"; longer technical inscriptions
Description:
Diagram
Credit Line:
Gift of Reverend J.E. Strickland
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family; the Reverend J.E. Strickland, Gouray Lodge, Jersey, Channel Islands
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
