Collection Highlights
Pictorial map of New York and vicinity, showing the suburban towns, and railroad and water communications
Date:
1871
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M32.3.10.1
Medium:
Black ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
Object Number:
1817.12
Date:
1809
Medium:
Painted plaster cast
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 18 x 18 1/2 in., 32 lb. (28.6 x 45.7 x 47 cm, 14.5 kg)
Marks:
inscribed: underneath in pencil old #: "51"
Description:
Portrait bust.
Gallery Label:
Jarvis apparently used as a model for this bust the death mask he made in 1809. The bust is unique in that it is Jarvis's only known original work in sculpture.
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
