Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
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Kerchief
Object Number:
1942.535
Date:
1819
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 x 18 3/4 in. ( 66 x 47.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: allover: "SIC TRANSIT/ GLORIA MUNDI!/ In MEMORY OF WASHINGTON/ This Most Ilustrious and/ much Lamented Patriot died.../..."
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with a portrait of George Washington done after the "Bowling Green Portrait" with eulogies under a garland above the portrait; printed in sepia ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
