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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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlestick
Object name
Candlestick
Date
1840-1855
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 23.5 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description
Translucent blue and opaque white pressed lead glass candlestick; blue hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on hexagonal stem joined with a wafer to white columnar standard with eleven flutes on two-stepped square plinth; hollow interior with pontil mark.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number
1965.901b
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
