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Collection Highlights

Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving

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Joshua Brookes (1773-1859)

Object Number: 
1945.47
Artist/Maker:
Salathiel Ellis
Depicted:
Joshua Brookes
Date: 
ca. 1845-1850
Medium: 
Plaster, painted background, velvet, tin, wood, and gilding
Dimensions: 
Overall: 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 22.2 x 17.1 x 1.3 cm )
Marks: 
signed: below relief: "S. Ellis Sculpt"
Description: 
Bas-relief portrait.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. Walter S. Poor
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group