Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1856-1857
Object Number:
1857.11
Medium:
Oak
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Luce Center
Game
Object Number:
1932.136a-p
Date:
1870-1880
Medium:
Paper, cardboard, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Part (prints in box): 6 7/8 x 8 1/4 x 1/2 in. (17.5 x 21 x 1.3 cm)
Marks:
handwritten: in black on reverse of each lithograph: "Sydney H. Carney, Jr./ Lowell, Mass, 1873-75"; also a description of each lithograph
printed: on box of lithographs: "LES/ANAMORPHOSES/JULLIEN/ EDITEUR"
printed: on lower left corner of lithograph of
Description:
Set of 12 distorted lithographs colored in with ink or water color, designed so as to create a correct reflection in a metal cylinder; prints and cylinder are housed in separate cardboard boxes.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Sydney H. Carney, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
