Collection Highlights
American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States
Date:
1880
Object Number:
LIB.Y1808.W
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Luce Center
English history game
Object Number:
1947.241.2a-aa
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
each: 4 1/2 x 2 1/8 x 1/8 in. ( 11.4 x 5.4 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Set of twenty-seven wooden panels, each with a colored lithograph representing an important figure from English history glued to obverse; each lithograph has two frames, each with a heading (a date or the name of a pictured ruler); time frame is early twelfth through mid-nineteenth century.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Catherine R.B. Mackie
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
