Collection Highlights
Study for "Departure of the Seventh Regiment for the War, April 19, 1861"
c. 1865-69
1946.174
Oil over graphite on brown paper, varnished, laid on heavy board, nailed and mounted on a wood panel
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Luce Center
10 cigarettes in box
Title
10 cigarettes in box
Object name
Cigarettes in a box (10)
Date
1919
Medium
Tobacco, paper, cardboard
Dimensions
Overall: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Description
Cigarettes (10) with gilt olumes (emblem of the Prince of Wales) in rectangular box covered in blue paper with gilt and embossed plumes in a crown.
Object Number
INV.8232
Marks
hand written: label glued beneath base: "At the Reception Dinner to the Prince of Wales November/ Nineteenth Nineteen Nineteen/each guest was supplied with/ an emblematic box of cigarettes/ This is the one which was at the / plate of Mr. Chas Stewart Dixon.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
