Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Alphabet blocks
Object Number:
2000.274
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
Each (block): 2 3/4 x 4 x 7/8 in. (7 x 10.2 x 2.2 cm)
Description:
Nine nine paper covered wooden alphabet blocks; each block lithographed with two sequential letters of the alphabet and images that begin with that letter on the obverse, and a single letter and an image depicting that letter on the reverse; sides chromolithographed with letters of the alphabet on two sides.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
