Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Centennial Art Gallery, Philadelphia, 1876
Object Number:
X.91
Date:
1876
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 23 1/2 in. ( 50.8 x 59.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: below image: "CENTENNIAL ART GALLERY/ PHILADELPHIA 1876"
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with image of the Centennial Art Gallery, Philadelphia, printed in black ink on a white ground; red decorative border.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1776 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
