Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Engagement Between the U.S. Sloop-of-War "Hornet" and H.B.M. Brig "Peacock"
Object Number:
1963.37
Date:
c. 1813
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, black ink and wash, graphite, and touches of white gouache
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. ( 8.9 x 22.5 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Olds # 197
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center om brown ink: "The Hornet and the Peacock"
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
