Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
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view all| Title | Date | Object Number | |
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| Snick blade | 1800-1850 | N-76 | |
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Tongs | 1750-1800 | N-37 |
| Trivet | 1800-1840 | 2470 | |
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Trivet | 1860-1890 | 1956.144b |
| Spoon | ca. 1700-1800 | INV.585 | |
| Spoon: figure on end | 1750-1825 | INV.12145 | |
| Glass panel from an engine lamp: "43 Pioneer Hose" | 1870-1900 | INV.8811 | |
| Birds and fruit | 1850-1900 | INV.231 | |
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Sugar cutter | 1800-1840 | 1940.10 |
| Table cloth | 1850-1875 | INV.1255 |
