Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Wood fragment from ship Cumberland
Object Number:
2008.42.403
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
Fragment: 1 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. (4.1 x 13 cm)
Description:
Wood fragment; label affixed identifies this as a piece of the ship Cumberland.
Gallery Label:
According to the records of the Naval History Society, this piece was a gift in 1921 from Harry Lydenberg, Reference Librarian at New York Public Library.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
