Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cornelius Penfold Berrien (1779-1828)
Object Number:
1966.24
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Gallery Label:
The subject of this painting was the third son of Cornelius Berrien and Elizabeth (Penfold) Berrien. He served as a soldier in the First Regiment of Artillery of New York City from 1805 to 1809 and was active in New York as a coachmaker and shipowner.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Cornelius von Erden Mitchell
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
