Collection Highlights
The Dead at Gettysburg
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.164.4.38.GettysburgDead
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tile
Object Number:
INV.8792e
Date:
1700-1750
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
written: on reverse; "Presented by/ S. Alofsen/ Dec 1864"
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with purple, blue, and white painted decoration; buff-colored body; blue-and-white rondel with scalloped edge containing scene of a shepherd in a landscape with a church in the right background, on spattered purple ground with carnation corner motifs; upper left corner broken off.
Gallery Label:
The early date at which this tile entered the NYHS collection suggests that it may have been from a NY house.
Credit Line:
Gift of S. Alofsen, 1864
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
