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Seated Man Writing, from the Economical School Series
Date:
c. 1810-14
Object Number:
1953.274f
Medium:
Black chalk, charcoal, and gray wash on light blue paper

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Poultry tag
1905-1930
Button
Bookmark
1863
Stamp
1825-1875
Coin: Vermont Auctori, Immune Columbia, 1785
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1900
Sword and scabbard
1860-1890
The Game of Basket Ball
1898
Ashtray
1910-1950
Booklet
1940
Bar tray
1898-1903
Pinback button
1896-1910
TEACH PEACE
ca. 1982
Commemorative ribbon
ca. 1840
Commemorative cane
ca. 1880's
Coin scale in case
1700-1800
Miniature table
1920-1940
Box w/lid: Be Firm For Adams
1824
Footlocker with belongings
1860-1890
Paperweight
1890-1930
Watch brochure
1997
Ashtray
1920-1940
Pinback button
1908
Button
Hair pin
ca. 1956
Versailles
Society of Cincinnati commmemorative medal
1897
Button
Key
ca. 1775
Files (29)
1775-1795
Dolls' house cupboard
1920-1960
Decorating Samples
1950-1970
Pencil
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ vacuum
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Vote for Ike
Sette MoMA
ca. 1993-2002
Funnel
ca. 1725-1825
Sewing book
1850-1900
Butter mold
1825-1875
Presentation shield: East Morrisania
1850-1900
Gavitt's Stock Exchange
1903
Optical
1880-1920
Toy
1930-1950
Printing
1928
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
1863
Rbbon
1892
Brooch
1941-1945
Powder horn
1758
Sand caster
1770-1800
Walking-stick
1888-1912
Set of surgical instruments in case
ca. 1776
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Pair of men's shoes with shoe bags
Free Academy of the City of New York Award Medal
ca. 1853
Fan
1894
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Sign
1900-1920
Guitar pick
1920-1940
Medal in box: 1620-1920 ...Pilgrims at Plymouth
1920
Political button
1980s
Erector set
1958
Henry Clay Presidential Campaign Medal
1824
Commemorative ribbon
ca. 1856
Ribbon badge
ca.1893
Humpty Dumpty Circus
1903-1935
Chapeau bras
1866-1875
Pin-back button
1972
Fan
1911
Greeting cards
1993-2000
Travel
1953-1960
Udall For President
1976
The Society of Medalists 6th Issue
1932
Taste of Tokyo
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising ruler
1905
Toy tilt-top table
1850-1900
Flask or case bottle
1700-1800
Fire helmet: N.Y. Exempt Assn. C.T.
1854-1880
Blown Up Steamer a Fire Engine Puzzle
ca. 1885
Sewing Supplies
1890-1930
Certificate
1918
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1952-1956
Token
1863
Pair of doll stockings
1870-1880
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Cocked hat (reproduction)
1880-1930
Badge w/button: R.H.&L. Co. no.1 corfu, NY...Aug.19-24, 1901
1901
Sewing Souvenir
1980-2000
Puzzle
1880-1900
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1952-1956
Civil War token
1863
Doll blanket in carrying strap
1870-1880
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Bowl
ca. 1848
Fire helmet frontpiece: Pocohantas
1850-1900
Chapeau (bicorne)
ca. 1840
Gloves
1850-1863
Plate (11)
1760-1783
Paperweight puzzle
ca. 1880-1910
Pro Union/Pro Choice
1980-1985
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Mechanical pen
1840-1880
Food spear
1940-1960
Pin-back button
1972
Barack Obama
2008
The Saint
ca. 1980-1988
Token
ca. 1783
Centennial of Washington's Inauguration "Federal Hall" Medalet
1889
Baluster
1889
Dress hat
1946-1947
Pine tree shilling
1652
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Doll
1890-1920
Travel
1940-1946
Commemorative token
1919
Pin-back button
1921-1950
Taro
ca. 1960-1980
American Institute medal
1847
Miniature domino set
1810-1820
Doll w/red bandana
1920-1960
Framed set of objects (36) excavated at West Point
1744-1788
Improved Game of Tiddledy Winks
1890
Box with Tin
1910-1940
Calendar
1908-1919
Food spear
1940-1960
Musical recording
1910-1920
Medallion
1931
Egyptian Obelisk Medal
ca. 1881
Flag cigar
After 1945
Captain Johnston Blakeley Naval Medal
1820
J'aime Ike
Tercentenary of Portsmouth, R.I. Commemorative Medal
1938
Paper dolls and costumes (44 pieces)
1890-1900
Harness bells (5)
ca. 1808-1848
Lady's costume: the late 19th century "Gibson Girl era"
ca.1957
Pin-back button
ca. 2000
Food container
1900-1920
Trade Sign
1871
Punch bowl
1910-1930
Button
1968
Lapel stud
1888
Medal
1813
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Doll: girl in blue dress on stand
1860-1900
Clockwork toy
1874-1900
Tobacco box
1700-1800
Rocking horse
1793
Bottle
1890-1910
Souvenir token
1904
Token
1940-1960
Insignia
1860-1900
Printing plate
Ribbon
ca. 1915
Commemorative cane
ca. 1900
Toy armchair
1730-1760
Walking-stick
ca. 1897
Spectacles and case
1830-1840
Farrago
1882
Powder Box
1880-1910
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Medallion
1942
Myron T. Herrick Commemorative Medal
1914
Stockholm Restaurant
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commemorative Medal
1909
Wm. H. Taft
1908
Yoke
ca. 1825-1850
Medicine chest
1840-1880
Coat
1940-1945
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Box/ bottle/ food
1906-1920
Tin/ Candy
1980-2000
Box camera
ca. 1900
Photographic equipment
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Cyrus Field Medallion
ca. 1868
Bookmark
1963
Nutmeg grater/tobacco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
Doll: masked figure w/disjointed legs
1940-1960
Darning egg
1800-1850
Framed set of American military buttons (61)
1775-1783
An Amusing Game of Horse Show
ca. 1890
Button
ca. 1980
Box
1890-1920
Cigarette pack
1952
Pinback button
1910-1930
Button
ca. 1962
Doll's chemise
1870-1880
Campaign cane
ca. 1932
"leaf" fork w/3 tines
18 or 19th century
Lady's costume: 1905
ca. 1965
Magnifying glass and case
1800-1830
American Fire Department: A Sectional Picture Toy
1882
Sewing Pins
1890-1930
Box/ Food
1948
Utensil
1980-2000
Medallion
1920-1940
Pin
1944-1948
Vote for Jimmy
1925
Sardi's
Medal w/ribbon: Cleveland Hendricks...March 4,1885
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Sword, scabbard and belt
1820-1850
Washtub
1700-1800
Dolls' house table lamp
1920-1960
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Tin/ Food
1890-1920
Pencil/ periodical
1950-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Barkley
Terrace
ca. 1975-2007
Scoop/ladle
ca. 1750-1850
Doll: pilgrim girl
1930-1940
Peddler Woman Doll
1800-1850
Nightstick
1860-1913
Historical Puzzle Box
ca. 1900
Medicine
1890-1900
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Photographic equipment
1880-1920
Pinback button
1995
Hard Times tokens (2)
1841
Stephan A.Douglas Presidential Campaign Medal
1860
Bayonet tip
1775-1783
Box w/hinged lid: image of Madonna and child
1560-1570
Scoop
ca. 1830-1870
Walking-stick
1860-1918
Handkerchief box
1840-1880
Marbles (86)
1850-1920
Coin: half dollar, Ulysses Grant, 1822-1922
Box
1943
Bottle/ food
1930-1950
Cue stick
Button
1980-1990
Box
1890-1920
World's Columbian Exposition Medal
1893
NYC2012 Candidate City/100 Days Until the Decision/July 6, 2005
2005
Coin: U.S.:One Cent, 1851
Ribbon
1910
Ribbon
1892
Miniature mold
1900-1930
Sand caster
ca. 1848
Button
1968
Tool
1885
Trade sign
1880-1910
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
"Wood's Series" Washington Monument Medal
1875
Batons
ca. 1960-1980
GO DRUG FREE
1975-1985
Woodcarving (horse)
1850-1900
Cottages (6 pieces)
1875-1925
Fire helmet: chief engineer M.J.B.
ca. 1864
Toy armoire
Collar
1866-1910
Pen/ pencil
1930-1960
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1940-1960
Civil War Token
1863
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Corkscrew
1800-1899
Stereoscope
1870-1880
Hat
1865-1880
Fanny Gray
1854
Purse
1780-1805
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1992-1996
Tin/ food
1950-1960
Christopher Columbus Commemorative Medal
1892-1893
Button
1986
Historical novelty
1950-1970
Richard Nixon Official Inaugural Medal
1969
Political button
School slate
1870
Pair of gloves
1850-1900
Box
1750-1780
Block from Seaman's Retreat
1850-1860
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Ribbon
1904
Pin-back button
1990
Hardware Sign
c. 1900
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Dr. Frederick Rose Personal Medal
1861
East
ca. 1960-1980
"Draped Bust" quarter dollar
1806
Paper doll
1830-1860
Die and (2) impressions in box
1850-1900
The Brownie Blocks
1891
Paperweight/Ruler
1963
Medallion
1924
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Pinback button
1944-1948
Political novelty
1936-1944
Lusitania Medal
After 1915
Map of New York State
ca. 1900
Transportation Token : Long Beach Bus Co. Inc.
1900-1940
Badge in case
Helmet
1918
Child's plate
1825-1875
Trousers
ca. 1862
White hat
1942
Button
ca. 1965
Watch Face
1880-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Tapestry
1927
Pen
1990-2000
Pin-back button
State Department Lifesaving Medal
ca. 1861
Ashtray
mid-twentieth century
Toy: water well with buckets
1860-1890
Handle to engraving tool
1850-1900
Tobacco box
ca. 1760
Linen A * B * C Book: First Steps
1899
Button
ca. 1980
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Personal item
1890-1930
Pinback button
1896-1920
PS 118/22
1922
Centennial ribbon
ca. 1876
Commemorative cane
ca. 1920's
Collection of trees, buildings & scenery
1870-1910
Hansom Cab
ca. 1895-1902
Flint projectile points (2) excavated at Fort Ticonderoga
1600-1783
St. Nicholas Series Peter Coddles
ca. 1890
Button
1975-1990
Box/ Candy
1910-1940
Ashtray
1964-1965
Sign/ liquor
1940-1960
Token: Union Pacific Lucky Piece 1940...Challengers
1940
50th Anniversary, Belmont Park
Civil War token: Army and Navy/Federal Union
1863
Dewey & Bricker
Hat cover
1940-1945
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Hetchel
19th century
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1918-1920
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Billy Bumps Visit to Boston: A Reading game
ca. 1888
Painting
1900-1940
Coaster
1940-1970
Button
Wilson/Caso
1974
A. D. T. Messenger Boy
ca. 1910
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
ca. 1890
The Improved Game of Fish Pond
ca. 1890
Dress helmet
1888
Spin It
ca. 1926
Medicine
1930-1960
Pin-back button
ca. 2001
Photographic equipment
1920-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
Campaign ribbon
1904
Campaign cane
2004
Still bank
1840-1880
Dollhouse furn.: french bed w/ pillow & mattress
1920-1940
Skein of linen thread
1750-1825
Game of Uncle Sam's Mail
1893
Bell
1900-1940
Watch Face
1880-1940
Match box
1890-1920
Tin
1890-1930
Office supply
1860-1890
Christopher Columbus Commemorative Medal
ca. 1892
Hickory House
Thomas Jefferson Indian Peace Medal
1801 or later
Button w/pin
Sword Belt
1860-1865
Bandbox
1775-1810
Trousers
1860-1875
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Vote Conservative/GOV. Wilson/Row "C"
1985-1990
Campaign pin
Hotel Algonquin
ca. 1960-1980
Plate
1825-1850
Pair of flintlock dueling pistols with case and accessories (57)
1780-1800
Miniature console table
1920-1940
Nightstick
1870-1885
The News Boy Game
1895
Optician advertisement
1880-1920
Salt shaker
1893
Badge/ medal
1910-1911
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Cartridge box badge
1760-1783
Chest with drawers
1800-1850
Fire helmet frontpiece: assistant engineer
1868-1900
Bayonet
1760-1783
Ship models (2)
1900-1915
Capture of Carthagena Medal
1697
Box
1790-1815
Packet
1910-1940
Comic book
1897
Ash tray/ tip tray
1900-1930
Plate
1910
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
New York Chamber of Commerce Building Dedication Medal
1902
Bassinet
1940
Nicholas Roerich Medal
1929
Republican League Ribbon
ca. 1900
Ribbon
Doll's cape
1870-1940
Gavel used by John Hancock at Independence Hall
1770-1850
Campaign license plate
1940
Box/ Candy
Shopping bag
1994
Thimble/ sewing
1900-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
Rúelles
ca. 1975-1995
Partial creamer
ca. 1900
Jack In The Box
1830-1890
Doll trunk: M.L.C.
1860-1900
Fire bucket
1837
The Game of Rough Riders
ca. 1900
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Medicine
1890-1910
Pouring spout/ liquor
1940-1960
Button
ca. 1991
Political Ribbon
1911
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Fork
1790-1825
Badge: delegate...order American Firemen, Hudson, NY...1900
1900
Medal: N.Y.S. Vols
Fan with box
ca. 1891
Bayonet, late 18th C.
1770-1800
Leather Samples
1950-1960
World Peace Pledge
1982
Coin: Jamaica currency
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1911
Pinback button
1998
New York Chamber of Commerce Building Dedication Medal
1902
Political button
1964
Aerial camera equipment case
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Force Franklin Out at Third
Carved horse
1850-1900
Tailcoat
1907-1909
Pin-back campaign button
ca. 1996
Button
1970-1975
Contest form
1973
Information kit
1940-1960
Button
1971
Charm bracelet
ca. 1952
The Fifth Avenue Grill
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back campaign button
ca. 1975-2005
Doll with Quaker costume
1870-1900
Gentleman's costume: 1630
ca. 1967
Earthenware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1740-1783
Game of Authors: William Shakespeare
ca. 1890
Sewing Needles
1920-1960
In Loving Memory of Joseph D. Mistrulli (1953-2001)
2001
Button hook
1890-1930
Musical recording
1910-1920
Civil War token
1863
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
Knife
ca. 1970
Token
1937-1943
Plaque in case: Royal Order George I (Greece)
Cake mold
1850-1900
Badge
1784
Round the World
1873
Pouch Off., overshoulder; Id'd as 7
1860-1875
Chair
Packet
1906-1920
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Pinback button
1890-1920
Letter opener
1890-1930
Eccleston Medal
1805
Pin
Fragment of the Berlin Wall
1961
Token: John Debellis, New York, Good for 5 cent drink pool
1900-1941
Framed pieces of the wood from the "Lawrence" and from flagstaff at Erie, PA
1796-1910
Bullet extractors excavated at Sneeden's Landing
1775-1783
Civil War token
1863
Medicine
1990-2000
Toy
1952
Thimble/ political
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Dust mask
Advertising ribbon
ca. 1900
"Alice in Wonderland" doll
2010
Dollhouse bench
1920-1940
Doll: young man
1850-1890
Yardstick with case
1850-1900
Game of Fish Pond
ca. 1890

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