Collection Highlights
Lincoln visits General McClellan at Antietam
Date:
1862, published later
Object Number:
PR.065.778.5
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Seated Couple and Dog in an Idyllic Landscape
Object Number:
INV.1200
Date:
c. 1790s
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, glazing, graphite, and pricking with a pin on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. (36.8 x 41.3 cm)
Marks:
Described in the Nadelman card catalogue, formerly in the collection of the MPFA, card Misc. 2753[Xed out]
Description:
Genre: Woman's dress is pierced with tiny pin holes to provide a lacy texture.
Bibliography:
Lessing, Lauren and Mary Schafer. "Unveiling Raphaelle Peale's 'Venus Rising from the sea - a Deception'." Winterthur Portfolio 43 (2009): 229-259.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
