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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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Unidentified Country House
Object Number:
1948.155
Date:
1873
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite with scratching out on paper laid on board overmatted
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 24 1/4 in. ( 38.1 x 61.6 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: lower left, graphite: "H. C. Heffer, 1873"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in red gouache: "H C Heffer. 1873"; mount inscribed at lower right below image in graphite: "WmBHoff. pinx."
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Jorge Andre, from the Estate of Colonel G. Creighton Webb
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
