Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
Date:
1835-1836
Object Number:
1858.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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"If I Extinguish Thee, Thou Flaming Minister"
Object Number:
1979.32a
Date:
ca. 1826-28
Medium:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 11.7 x 11.4 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "Inman & Cummings"
printed caption: lower center to right: "'If I extinguish thee, thou flaming minister--' / Shakspeare."
Description:
Cartoon
Gallery Label:
This lithograph came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
