Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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The Village Scroll Game
Object Number:
2000.648
Date:
ca. 1875
Medium:
Wood, paper, cardboard, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. ( 5.7 x 22.2 x 14.6 cm )
Description:
Cardboard box with window cut in top to reveal a series of views that are printed on a long strip of paper housed on two spools and rotated with cranks; views are polychrome representations of life in an village; the top of the box around the window is printed with images of a village; sheet of tiny admission tickets accompany the panorama.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
