Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Luce Center
Captain James Lawrence (d. 1813) and his infant son James Montaudevert Lawrence, (1813-1814)
Object Number:
1867.441
Date:
1814
Medium:
Stone
Dimensions:
Overall: 49 x 43 x 8 1/2 in. ( 124.5 x 109.2 x 21.6 cm )
without frame: 37 x 35 1/2 x 6 in. ( 94 x 90.2 x 15.2 cm )
Marks:
carved: on one side: "THE HERO/ whose remains are here deposited/ with his expiring breath,/ expressed his devotion to his country./ Neither the fury of battle,/ the anguish of a mortal wound,/ nor the horrors of approaching death/ could subdue his gallan
Description:
Tombstone.
Credit Line:
Gift of Trinity Church
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
