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
Decorative Arts
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view all| Title | Date | Object Number | |
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| Stopper | 1850-1900 | Z.1265 | |
| Ring | 1861-1865 | 1947.239a | |
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Dessert spoon | ca. 1840-1850 | 1971.101 |
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Apollo and the Muses in the Elysian Fields with Helios, the Sun-God, Descending from the Clouds | ca. 1715 | S-191 |
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Spoon | 1903-1923 | 2009.28.128 |
| Pitcher: copper lustre | 1820-1840 | 1948.236 | |
| Petticoat: embroidered w/lace & ribbon | INV.12101 | ||
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Stand | 1815-1820 | 1944.327 |
| Hat | 1870-1900 | INV.13082 | |
| Wine glass | 1907-1940 | INV.12968j |
