Collection Highlights
Interior of Durand's Studio at Maplewood, New Jersey
Date:
After 1878
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.1
Medium:
Albumen print
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Trade sign
Object Number:
1936.482
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Iron, tin, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 14 in. ( 20.3 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
painted: on obverse: "L. SANFORD, / ENGRAVER / ON WOOD"
Description:
Rectangular, tinned sheet iron trade sign with painted inscription, "L. SANFORD, ENGRAVER ON WOOD," in gold lettering on black ground; three holes pierced on either side for mounting.
Gallery Label:
This sign was used by Lockwood Sanford, a wood engraver active in New Haven, Connecticut, in the latter half of the nineteenth century. According to the accession records, it was purchased along with architectural drawings and a scrapbook from Whitlocks Book Store in New Haven, Connecticut.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
