Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ribbons
Object Number:
INV.10474a-k
Date:
1856-1866
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
largest: 6 x 2 x 1/8 in. ( 15.2 x 5.1 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
White silk ribbons printed in black ink with "We Mourn/PROTECTION/5/ENGINE CO./Our Loss".
Gallery Label:
These mourning ribbons were taken from the 1856-66 minutes book of Engine Co. 5 of Melrose in the Morrisania section of the Bronx.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
