Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Trade Sign
Object Number:
2002.1.2185
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
16 3/4 x 22 3/4 x 1/8 in.
Description:
A a chomolithographed tin sign advertising Van Houten's Cocoa. It shows a scene of a Dutch man and women standing on the wharf by a harbor entitled "The Happy Fisherman (Isle Of Marken, Holland)". The smiling man, in dark knee-length pantaloons, reaches out to receive a steaming cup from a woman in a white Dutch bonnet and long blue skirt. It reads in gold and black "Van Houten's Cocoa/ best and goes farthest". Formerly F-46.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
