Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spectacles
Object Number:
1951.74
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Steel, glass
Dimensions:
closed: 1 x 4 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 10.8 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Steel spectacles with oval lenses connected by "C" bridge; lightweight adjustable turn-pin temples with straight ends.
Gallery Label:
These spectacles were owned by Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), who served as secretary of the treasury under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, U.S. minister to France and England, and president of The New-York Historical Society from 1843 to 1849.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. A. Fitz Roy Anderson (née Cornelia Gallatin)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
