Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Trade sign
Object Number:
2002.1.2199
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Paper, wood
Dimensions:
24 1/4 x 32 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
A sign chromolithographed on cardboard in a broad, ornately carved gilt frame. The scene is of an elderly man sitting at a table with an elderly woman standing by in a house with an open hearth. They are listening to brown wooden cylinder phonograph marked "Edison" with a black and gold horn looking completely amazed. The caption simply reads "The Phonograph". Formerly F-32.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
