Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
Date:
1835-1836
Object Number:
1858.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tieback
Object Number:
Z.915
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Iron, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 6 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 8.3 x 15.6 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Iron curtain tieback painted off-white.
Gallery Label:
According to a note written on the paper wrapper in which this and other objects were found, it is a relic collected by Herbert D. Halsey, and was donated in 1941.
Credit Line:
Gift of Herbert D. Halsey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
