Collection Highlights
The Child's Anti-Slavery Book
Date:
1859
Object Number:
LIB.E449.C5372
Medium:
Bound volume
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ashtray
Object Number:
2002.1.358
Date:
1910-1950
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
1 3/8 x 5 in. diameter
Description:
This beige ceramic ashtray is marked in brown "Guinness Is Good For You" around the sides and in the center is a drawing of a fat man in early 19th century clothes dictating to a clerk, with the caption "A famous drawing by "Phiz" of Sam Weller composing/ his Valentine, showing a contemporary notice of Guinness".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
