Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Study of First Stars and Stripes at Valley Forge, 1777-78; verso: Study of Two Colonial Men on Staircase
Object Number:
1936.834g
Date:
c. 1925
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 6 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 16.5 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Inscribed bottom: on the bleak hills of valley forge 1777-1778 St N/ May 1925
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "On the bleak hills of Valley Forge / 1777-1778."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
