Collection Highlights
Fort Hamilton Polka Redowa
Date:
1852
Object Number:
PR.020.1.1
Medium:
Color Lithograph.
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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Object Number:
1927.53
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Paint on glass
Dimensions:
frame: 16 1/4 x 12 5/8 x 1 3/8 in. ( 41.3 x 32.1 x 3.5 cm )
image: 12 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. ( 32.7 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Bust of Thomas Jefferson in right-facing profile, reverse-painted in black, gray, and deep blue-green in oval window at center of rectangular sheet of glass; elaborate border with incised lattice design painted in black; rectangular wooden frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
