Collection Highlights
Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Chalkware ("Bloomer Girl")
Object Number:
1937.1128
Date:
1850-60
Medium:
Plaster of Paris, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 3 5/8 in. ( 26 x 9.2 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in graphite: on interior of base: "1879 / Amer."
Description:
Full-length chalkware figurine of a young woman ("Bloomer Girl") in brown hat and brown knee-length skirt with white bloomers; on rounded yellow base with red and black stripes; painted on one side only.
Gallery Label:
The subject of the "Bloomer Girl" has been traced to a Currier & Ives print.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
