Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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An Actress, probably Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), in Costume
Object Number:
Z.3601
Date:
ca. 1880-1900
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink, and gouache on beige paper cut into an oval
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 4 in. (14 x 10.2 cm), oval
Marks:
At center on verso: Bequest of Miss Emma Toedteberg / 45[in circle] Sept 15, 1936; faintly in graphite: Ellsworthy ?
Credit Line:
Bequest of Miss Emma Toedteberg, 1936
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
