Collection Highlights
The Child's Anti-Slavery Book
Date:
1859
Object Number:
LIB.E449.C5372
Medium:
Bound volume
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Henry Feodor von Drehle: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2457
Date:
1889
Medium:
Black and purple ink on card
Dimensions:
card: 4 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 11.1 x 6.7 cm )
image height: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
Marks:
inscribed in ink: on front: "Washington, D.C / Mar 4 - 1889 / Henry Feodor von Drehle"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in purple ink: "Washington, D.C / Mar 4-1889"; at lower center: "Henry Feodor von Drehle"
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; purple paper cut-out mounted on rectangular cream card with inscriptions in purple ink on front.
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry F. von Drehle, 1947
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
