Collection Highlights
Freedom to the Slaves
Date:
ca. 1865
Object Number:
PR.052.58
Medium:
Lithograph
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The Soap-Locks ("The Bowery Boys")
Object Number:
1980.33
Date:
1840-44
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper, once bound into an album
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/16 x 14 7/8 in. ( 26.5 x 37.8 cm )
mat: 13 7/8 x 18 in. ( 35.2 x 45.7 cm )
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at the lower center in brown ink: "The Soap-locks"; at lower right margin in graphite: "14"
Description:
Genre
Credit Line:
Thomas Jefferson Bryan Fund
Provenance:
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Leech, London
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
