Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Luce Center
Ice skates
Object Number:
1949.3ab
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Wood, steel, leather
Dimensions:
each: 5 x 12 x 2 3/4 in. ( 12.7 x 30.5 x 7 cm )
Description:
Ice skates with steel blade with long curving tip painted black and attached to carved wooden base with leather straps at heel and toe; spikes project from top of wooden base.
Gallery Label:
These ice skates belonged to the donor's grandfather, Jeremiah Bogardus (1800-1876), who lived in Athens (Greene Co.), N.Y.
Credit Line:
Gift of Capt. J. H. Bogardus
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
