Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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view all| Title | Date | Object Number | |
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Corkscrew fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp | 1760-1775 | INV.5924.412 |
| Watering bit | 1875-1950 | INV.891 | |
| Pistol lock excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp | 1760-1775 | INV.5924.107 | |
| Lapel stud | ca. 1896 | INV.2746 | |
| Knife blade excavated at a Revolutionary War military camp | 1760-1783 | INV.5941.23 | |
| Shear excavated at a Revolutionary War military camp | 1760-1783 | INV.5941.25 | |
| Draft card | 1863-1865 | INV.7869b | |
| Shear excavated at a Revolutionary War military camp | 1760-1783 | INV.5941.26 | |
| Draft card | 1863-1865 | INV.7869c | |
| Shear excavated at a Revolutionary War military camp | 1760-1783 | INV.5941.27 |
