Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Luce Center
Tile
Object Number:
1975.6
Date:
1938
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 12 x 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: on surface of tile; "BATAVIA - 1838/ The Batavia, smoke pouring from its towering stack, was a picturesque sight on the Towanda Rail Road. This little road of Western New York, boating/ a sturdy timber-supported roadbed, became an epical unit o
Description:
Yellow porcelain tile with black-and-white transfer-printed image (possibly some sort of photographic reproduction) of the steam locomative "Batavia" with inscription.
Gallery Label:
The locomotive "Batavia" was used on the Towanda Railroad in upstate New York in the mid-nineteenth century.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Hilda R. Williamson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
