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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Shingle from Lott homestead | ca. 1800 | 1937.115 |
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Chapeau bras with case | ca. 1840 | 1935.104b-d |
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"Peaseware" container with lid | 1850-1890 | 1937.1588ab |
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Medicine | 1890-1930 | 2002.1.790 |
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Shopping bag | 1990-2000 | 2002.1.1784 |
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Cigarette silk | 1890-1920 | 2002.1.2854 |
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Pinback button | 1896-1910 | 2002.1.4115 |
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Harvard University Medal | 1907 | 1939.523 |
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Ribbon pin | 1892 | INV.4786 |
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Cane | 2002 | 2010.24.103 |
