Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Terrific Engagement between the 'Monitor' and 'Merrimac': Study for a Lithograph; verso: Still Life of Fruit with a Cat Stalking a Bird
Object Number:
1900.10
Date:
c. 1862
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, and graphite on gray paper; graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/2 x 26 1/4 in. (47 x 66.7 cm)
mat: 22 x 27 7/8 in. ( 55.9 x 70.8 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: lower center: Drawn by Fanny Palmer
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center outside image in graphite: "Drawn by Fanny Palmer"; at lower right: "Mch 1900"; verso inscribed vertically at lower left outside image: "bananas cherries / apples new peaches new pears"
Description:
The recto is a study for the famous Currier & Ives lithograph of the same name c. 1862. On the reverse of the illustration is a graphite study (15 x 20 3/4) of a still life with a bird and cat.
Bibliography:
Holzer, Harold, ed. "Lincoln and New York." New York: The New-York Historical Society and London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 2009.
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
