Collection Highlights
Freedom to the Slaves
Date:
ca. 1865
Object Number:
PR.052.58
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Near Hutton, Yorkshire, England
Object Number:
1955.138
Date:
1839-40
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on gray paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. ( 18.1 x 25.7 cm )
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Aug. 1840 /Forenoon/W.R. Miller, Staindrop"
inscription: lower left: "Near Hutton, Yorkshire"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in graphite: "Aug 1840 / Forenoon / W. R. Miller. Staindrop"; at lower left: "Near Hutton. Yorkshire."
Description:
Genre/landscape
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
