Collection Highlights
The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
Date:
1885-1886
Object Number:
LIB.XL.CT.G763.A3
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
U.S. Frigate "Chesapeake": Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2494
Date:
1934
Medium:
Black ink and wash, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 7 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. ( 19 x 25.1 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "C. G. DAVIS / 1934"
inscription: on back: "U. S. Frigate Chesapeake - Drawing by C. G. Davis"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed and signed at lower right in black ink: "C.G. Davis / 1934"
Description:
Silhouette: Profile view of three-masted frigate in black ink on rectangular sheet of cream paper.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ernest J. Wessen, 1950
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
