Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Havell plate no. 26
Date:
c. 1825
Object Number:
1863.17.26
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mug
Object Number:
1945.242
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. ( 7 x 8.9 x 7 cm )
Marks:
printed: in dark pink: "JENNY LIND" under portrait and; over dancers "THE POLKA"
Description:
Molded cylindrical pearlware mug with wide, circular foot and molded rim; printed in dark pink with three-quarters portrait of a young woman in 19th-century dress and four dancing women on the other side, painted blue rim, and strip on handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
