Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Iron object excavated at West Point
Object Number:
INV.5925.356
Date:
1790-1820
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 in. ( 1.9 cm )
Description:
Iron object excavated at West Point; disk-shaped with serrated points on edge.
Gallery Label:
This object was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse dump near the nineteenth-century barracks at West Point, a series of forts and barracks in Orange County, New York built by the Continental Army in 1777.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
