Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Box/ Collar
Object Number:
2002.1.729
Date:
1866-1910
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
2 x 4 in. diameter
Description:
This cardboard box held a removable collar. It is black and has a white label on the side with a central drawing of an eagle on a flag and reads in black "The Eagle Collar/ Linen Finish/ 13 Byron". The bottom reads "Licensed by the Mutual Collar Co./ Of New-York" and lists all patents from 1865-65.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
