Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Parrott shell
Object Number:
X.400
Date:
1855-1863
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 3 in. ( 22.2 x 7.6 cm )
Marks:
engraved: body: "Rebel shell/Gettysburg/1863"
Description:
Iron artillery shell; conical; foliate engraving on body.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
