Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cigar box
Object Number:
2002.1.3658
Date:
1953
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
8 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.
Description:
A rectangular cardboard cigar box printed with gold and black borders around a circular gold and black label on the lid printed "La Corona", with a tobacco tax revenue stamp from the year 1953. Inside the lid, a picture of a woman in a classical toga surrounded by items of culture, industry and scholarship such as a globe, an anvil, a gear, a sheaf of grain, a scroll and an artist's palette.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
