Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Walking-stick
Object Number:
INV.8252
Date:
19th century
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 39 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 101 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Tapered wooden cane with metal ferrule.
Gallery Label:
This cane belonged to Benjamin Perry of Sandwich, Massachusetts, great grandfather of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry. (Information on label found with cane)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. August Belmont, 1958
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
