Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Advertising paperweight
Object Number:
2010.26.24
Date:
1882-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. (1.9 x 6.4 x 10.5 cm)
Marks:
With signature: "Yours truly / C.H. Pearson (?)"
Description:
Rectangular glass advertising paperweight with portrait of man. Text under portrait reads "Yours truly / (illegible)".
Gallery Label:
The paperweight includes a photographic iamge of Charles Henry Pearson (1830-1894), the British-born Australian historian.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ivan C. & Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
