Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mrs. Alexander Anderson (Jane Van Vleck)
Object Number:
1912.11
Date:
c. 1805
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper inlaid into a larger sheet
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 8.3 x 5.7 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
Inscribed: at bottom: "Jane Anderson"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower border of large sheet in graphite: "Jane Anderson wife of A A."; verso inscribed along lower edge of inset sheet in graphite: "Mrs. Jane Anderson / Wife of A.A. / Drawn by A.A."
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
