Collection Highlights
Freedom to the Slaves
Date:
ca. 1865
Object Number:
PR.052.58
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Provost Prison, New York City, Prior to c. 1830
Object Number:
1917.13
Date:
before 1830
Medium:
Graphite on lined paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 8.9 x 11.4 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Inscribed top right, cut off: Old Prov... WJ / W.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in brown ink[cut]: "Old Provos / W.J. / W."; verso inscribed at center in graphite: "Wm. Menzies:
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
