Collection Highlights
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
Date:
1942-1945
Object Number:
1946.89a-c
Medium:
Wool, silk, metal
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President Washington Taking the Oath, Federal Hall, 1789
Object Number:
X.269
Date:
1839
Medium:
Oil on fine linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 52 1/2 x 72 in. ( 133.4 x 182.9 cm )
Gallery Label:
This painting was hung behind the chair of Peter Gerard Stuyvesant (1778-1847), president of the New-York Historical Society, at the dinner at the City Hotel celebrating the semicentennial of Washington's inauguration, April 30, 1839.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
