Collection Highlights
Snake jug
Date:
1871
Object Number:
1906.6ab
Medium:
Stoneware
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Study for "Departure of the Seventh Regiment for the War, April 19, 1861"
Object Number:
1946.174
Date:
c. 1865-69
Medium:
Oil over graphite on brown paper, varnished, laid on heavy board, nailed and mounted on a wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/2 x 32 3/4 in. (57.2 x 83.2 cm)
frame: 27 5/8 x 37 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 70.2 x 96.2 x 6.4 cm )
Marks:
Signed at lower left in black oil: "Th: Nast."
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in black oil: "Th: Nast."
Gallery Label:
The Society's study is a preliminary rendition for the finished original.
Bibliography:
Holzer, Harold, ed. "Lincoln and New York." New York: The New-York Historical Society and London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 2009.
Holzer, Harold and The New-York Historical Society. "The Civil War in 50 Objects." New York: Viking, 2013.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Provenance:
Bennett Book Studios, New York City, 1946
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
