Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Framed set of musket balls (23)
Object Number:
1947.283.a-w
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Lead, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 7/8 in. ( 3.8 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Lead musket balls; one has been cut in half; another has been cut into quarters; four have hollow centers; six musket balls have a hole pierced through the center: three of these are flat and disk-shaped; one musket ball has an iron nail driven through it; the other musket balls have many small surface indentations.
Gallery Label:
These musket balls were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at Revolutionary War sites in New York City. The bullet driven through with a nail was found with British military buttons in a refuse pit near a camp at 213th Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan. The halved and quartered bullets were also made by soldiers, and were designed to come apart after firing.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
