Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pen
Object Number:
2017.44.4
Date:
1968
Medium:
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (12.7 × 1.3 × 1 cm)
Marks:
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / 1926-1968 / "I have a dream... / that all of God's children / will be able / to join hands and sing / free at last, free at last / thank God almight, / we're free at last"
Inscriptions:
Description:
Commemorative black and gold Martin Luther King Jr. pen.
Gallery Label:
This pen is inscribed with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I have a dream" quote, commemmorating his death in 1968.
Bibliography:
Credit Line:
Gift of Cristian Panaite
Provenance:
Place Made:
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
