Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plaque: Jenny Lind
Object Number:
1945.273
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Brass, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 9 x 1/2 in. ( 12.7 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm )
Marks:
relief: on sphere at base of plaque: "JENNY LIND"
Description:
Ornamental plaque made of gilded brass with three-quarter length portrait of Jenny Lind in ornately framed oval cartouche at the center of a horizontal banner with ends terminating in scrolls.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this ornamental plaque was meant to adorn the cornice of a building.
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.
