Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pitcher
Object Number:
INV.13057
Date:
1796-1820
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 5 in. ( 18.4 x 16.5 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on base; "HERCULANEUM / 6"
Description:
Pearlware pitcher with inverted baluster-shaped body with transfer-printed portrait of Washington (after Gilbert Stuart) on body with black-painted bands at base, shoulders, and rim with band of round and oval beads on neck.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
