Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Aaron Bussing House, Harlem, New York City
Object Number:
1910.47
Date:
1872
Medium:
Graphite on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 6 7/8 in. ( 10.2 x 17.5 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Inscribed bottom left: Bussing House/ 1872
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Bussing House. 1872."; attached at lower center old auction label no. 1966
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
