Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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The Picture Alphabet
Object Number:
2000.281
Date:
ca. 1875
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 5 in. ( 3.8 x 18.4 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: on the box cover: "THE/ PICTURE/ ALPHABET"
Description:
"The Picture Alphabet" twenty-four flat wood square tiles with an alphabet letter printed on paper and pasted on one side; a hand-colored, printed engraving of a word starting with that letter and corresponding image pasted to the reverse; green painted slide-top box cover block-printed with the inscription "THE/ PICTURE/ ALPHABET".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
