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Come in, and Prevent a "Draft"
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.055.3.105
Medium:
Paper
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Receiving an Honored Guest: Lafayette's Greeting at Mt. Vernon, 1784
Object Number:
1936.995
Date:
c. 1930
Medium:
Black crayon, graphite, white gouache, and gray wash on brown board
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/4 x 12 in. ( 33.7 x 30.5 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Inscribed bottom right: H. A. Ogden. Printing instructions on margins.
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left inside image in black crayon: "H.A. Ogden"; inscribed along lower edge in graphite: "[illiegible] an honored guest. Lafayette's greeting, Mt Vernon Aug. 1784"; verso inscribed with publication annotations
Description:
History
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
