Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Luce Center
Maternal Affection
Object Number:
Z.3557
Date:
ca. 1805
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on beige paper with ornamental folate blind- embossed border, with scallop-shell designs at corners
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 13/16 x 4 15/16 in. (19.8 x 12.5 cm), irregular
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Maternal Affection"
Description:
Mother and child seated on a chair in the center, surrounded by decorative blind-embossed border, bottom of drawing states "Maternal Affection"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
