Collection Highlights
Ye book of copperheads
Date:
1863
Object Number:
LIB.XS.E647.L52.1863
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Centennial Art Gallery
Object Number:
1976.22
Date:
1876
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. ( 49.5 x 59.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: below image: "* CENTENNIAL * ART * GALLERY */ PHILADELPHIA, 1876"
Description:
Cotton copperplate-printed kerchief with an image of the Centennial Art Gallery, Philadelphia printed in black ink on a white ground; decorative red border.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Stanley Herzman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
