Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Technical Detail of a Bridge in Newbury Port, Massachusetts; detail of a bridge in Newbury Port
Object Number:
1958.61
Date:
1794
Medium:
Graphite on folded sheet
Dimensions:
folded sheet: 8 x 12 1/2 in. ( 20.3 x 31.8 cm )
Marks:
inscription: upper center, inside folded sheet: "built in the yr. 1794 by Timothy Palmer of Newbery Port [Massachu?] / thrown from Rocky Island to Goat Island in Piscataqua River 8 miles / above Portsmouth in New Hampshire"
inscription: upper left, on ou
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in graphite: "built in the yr. 1794 by Timothy Palmer of Newbery Port, Massachu: /thrown from Rocky Island to goat island. to Piscataqua River 8 miles / above Portsmouth in New Hampshire --"; various annotations; verso contains extensive technical inscriptions
Description:
Diagrams
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.
