Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Luce Center
Wax wafers and paper seals in wooden box
Object Number:
Z.1831a-c
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood, wax, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 2.9 x 7.9 x 4.8 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on box lid: "My Seal & / impressions"
handwritten in pencil: on paper tag found with object: "Gift of W S Poor / possibly Ann Krug?"
Description:
Oval wooden box with flat lid containing a quantity of multi-colored circular wax wafers and a quantity of multi-colored circular paper seals with embossed initial "B" wrapped in yellow paper.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
