Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Study for Havell pl. no. 26
c. 1825
1863.17.26
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Underground Railroad
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- Grid
Title |
Related People | Date | Object Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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"John Brown" pike |
ca. 1857-1859 |
INV.5736 |
|
 |
Antislavery token |
1838 |
INV.13745 |
|
 |
Basket |
ca. 1820-1830 |
1945.381 |
|
 |
Ceremonial New York City street sign for Frederick Douglass Landing |
2005 |
2006.25 |
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Coverlet |
1984 |
2001.25 |
|
 |
Dred Scott (ca. 1795-1858) |
|
After 1857 |
X.174 |
 |
Figural group |
ca. 1855 |
1945.390 |
|
 |
Frances Wright (1795-1852) |
1824 |
1955.263 |
|
 |
Frederick Douglass [seated portrait] |
PR.011.2 |
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Fugitive Slaves in the Dismal Swamp, Virginia |
1888 |
1914.11 |
