Collection Highlights
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
Date:
1866-68
Object Number:
1872.23.173
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Brush (heavily damaged bristles).
Object Number:
1932.237b.69
Date:
1815-1850
Medium:
Stained wood, bristles, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 15/16 x 1/8 in. (32.9 x 0.3 cm)
Description:
Stained wood handle, tapers gradually to end, curves in toward ferrule. Seamless, conical metal ferrule. Chestnut bristles (heavily damaged).
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this tabouret was used by Asher B. Durand, an artist and engraver best known for his Hudson River school paintings.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nora Durand Woodman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
