Collection Highlights
Edwin Booth as Hamlet
Date:
1870-1879
Object Number:
PR.104.3
Medium:
Photograph
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The Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-30
Object Number:
1947.414a
Date:
1830
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, white lead pigment, and graphite with touches of black ink and selective glazing on paper partially backed
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 5/8 x 32 7/8 in. ( 54.9 x 83.5 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Bottom center, in ink: To the Commonwealth of Virginia, this picture of the Virginia Convention is respectfully dedicated by / Geo. Catlin. Richmond 1830 / Copyright secured. Lower left: Geo: Catlin pinx.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed on fragmentary pieces of paper, once probably below image in brown ink: "To the Commonwealth of Virginia, this picture of the 'VIRGINIA CONVENTION' is respectfully dedicated by / Geo. Catlin. Richmond. 1830 / Copyright secured."; at right: "Geo Catlin pinxt"
Description:
History
Gallery Label:
N-YHS Quarterly, April 1948, p 69-77 "The Last Meeting of the Giants" by R.W. Vail
Credit Line:
Anonymous Donor
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
