Collection Highlights
Batter pitcher
Date:
1798
Object Number:
1937.587
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mrs. Charles Stedman Hanks (1857-1924)
Object Number:
1959.20
Date:
ca. 1867
Medium:
Enamel on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 2 in. ( 6.7 x 5.1 cm )
Gallery Label:
Clarina Bartow Shumway was the daughter of Horatio Gates and Augusta Mary (Johnston) Shumway of Chicago. She married Charles Stedman Hanks in 1888. This miniature, which portrays the subject as a child, was a gift to the Society from her son.
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Stedman Shumway Hanks
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
