Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Presentation envelope and letter
Object Number:
1943.133
Date:
ca. 1904
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
overall closed: 3 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 1/16 in. ( 9.8 x 19 x 0.2 cm )
Marks:
embossed: front center: "Personal/ To the/ Hon Elihu Root/ New York City"
engraved: inside: "With the compliments of/ F. L. Ainsworth Charles E. Magoon/ A. E. Bates Robert Shaw Oliver/ G. H. Burton J. P. Sanger/ Henry C. Corbin C. F. Humphry/ Adna R. Ch
Description:
Fascimile silver envelope and letter; two thin rectangular pieces of silver hinge together along their bases; embossed inscription in the front center and and engraved building with a mansard roof in the upper left corner; the reverse has lines representing those of an envelope; engraved inscription on the inside with engraved "signatures" below.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elihu Root, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
