Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
J. P. Sherwood
Object Number:
1942.202
Date:
ca. 1835
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 x 24 in. ( 71.1 x 61 cm )
Marks:
inscription: on back: "J. P. Sherwood / John Vanderlyn junr. N.Y."
Gallery Label:
The subject was an artist who was active in Charleston, South Carolina, in the 1830s.
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
