Collection Highlights
Politicians measuring Lincoln's shoes
Date:
March 5th 1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Politicians
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
J. & R. Fisher's Bloomingdale Flint Glass Works, Foot of West 47th Street, New York City
Object Number:
1917.2
Date:
1837
Medium:
Oil on linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 24 in. ( 45.7 x 61 cm )
Marks:
Signed, dated lower right: "B. Whittle"
"1837"
Verso stencil "Prepared/by/Theo Kelley
Rear 55 1/2 Wooster St.
New York"
Gallery Label:
The painting is dated 1837, but the canvas stamp suggests the canvas purchased during the period of 1844-1853.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. R.P. Graham
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
