Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Cortez's First View of the City of Mexico
Object Number:
1945.454
Date:
1844
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Canvas: 39 x 49 in. (99.1 x 124.5 cm)
Frame: 52 1/2 x 62 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (52 1/2 x 62 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)
Bibliography:
"Visits to the Painters," Godey's Lady's Book, December 1844, pp. 277-8.
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, New York: E.B. Clayton & Sons, 1849, p. 10.
"Notices of Arts and Artists," Sartain's Union Magazine, Vol. 4, June 1849, pp. 414-5.
English, Thomas Dunn, M.D., "Peter F. Rothermel," Sartain's Union Magazine, Vol. 10, 1852, pp. 13-6.
Ahrens, Kent, "Painting for Peer, Patron, and the Public," Pennsylvania Heritage Quarterly of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Spring 1992, pp. 24-31.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Louis A. Gillet
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
