Collection Highlights
Panoramic View of New York City (in Eight Sections)
Date:
1842-45
Object Number:
1915.76
Medium:
Black ink over graphite on eight sheets of ivory paper with partial black ink borders, laid on Japanese paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: empire
Object Number:
INV.9207
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 5 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. ( 20.3 x 13.3 x 4.4 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "EMPIRE / 2 / DJM"
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black and gold painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; large "2" appliquéd over crossed hook and ladder at center, with "EMPIRE" and "DJM" in applied, gold painted lettering above and below.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
