Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Decorative Arts
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Pitcher | 1840-1870 | 1952.186 |
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Flag | 1864-1867 | 1949.188 |
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Plate: Fulton Steamboat | 1820-1830 | 1961.90 |
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Necklace and jewelry box | 1969-1986 | 2000.137ab |
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Plaque: The Watergate Wall Street, N.Y. 1678 | 1895 | 1939.282 |
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Seminole dish | 1911-1930 | Z.1449 |
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Figured flask | 1835-1855 | 1953.387 |
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Textile: photograph of banner; camp Wadsworth | ca. 1900 | 1942.82o |
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Teapot | ca. 1791 | 1950.357 |
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Souvenir spoon | ca. 1900 | INV.14007 |
