Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
1924
1952.45
Brown flesh tone painted plaster with wooden base
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
"A Mirror for the Intemperate"
Title
"A Mirror for the Intemperate"
Object name
Kerchief
Date
1850-1880
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 18 x 17 1/4 in. ( 45.7 x 43.8 cm )
Description
Cotton copper-engraved kerchief with stories and poems admonishing the intemperate in five columns; vignettes in the four corners and one in the center; decorative border; printed in black ink on white ground.
Object Number
INV.10725
Marks
printed: all over: "A MIRROR/ FOR THE INTEMPERATE./ MODERATE DRINKER... HYDRA MONSTER... TEMPERANCE/ ODE TO RUM./ By William Brown of Boston./ ..."
printed: across bottom: "Henry Bowen's Chemical Print.:::::::::For N. Boynton, Mechanic-Place, Boston.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
