Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Washington Meets Lafayette at Williamsburg, Virginia, September 14, 1781
Object Number:
1936.896
Medium:
Graphite on buff paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 9 in. ( 29.8 x 22.9 cm )
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Williamsburg, Va / Wythe House in background / Sept 14, 1781"
stamped: on back: "GIFT OF THE ESTATE OF / HARRY A. OGDEN, THROUGH / CHARLES H. MESSINGER, EXECUTOR / OCTOBER 20, 1936"
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed at upper center in graphite: "Williamsburg, Va / Wythe House in background / Sept 14, 1781"
Description:
History
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
