2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Collection Highlights

Panoramic View of New York City (in Eight Sections)
1842-45
1915.76
Black ink over graphite on eight sheets of ivory paper with partial black ink borders, laid on Japanese paper
Artist/Maker: Edward Burckhardt

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Ribbon

Ribbon
Object name 
Ribbon
Date 
ca. 1860
Related People 
Depicted: Joseph Lane
Related People 
Depicted: John Cabell Breckinridge
Medium 
Silk
Dimensions 
Overall: 7 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 18.1 x 5.7 cm )
Description 
White silk ribbon printed with oval engraved portraits of John C. Breckenridge and his vice presidental running mate Joseph Lane. Detail from a photo by J.E.M. C[ro]ss, Wash. D.C., engraved by
Object Number 
INV.2998
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.