Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
ca. 1866
1921.20
Steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Lithopane
Object name
Lithopane
Date
1850-1875
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 5 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 1/8 in. ( 13.3 x 14 x 0.3 cm )
Description
Translucent white bisque porcelain lithopane; trapezoidal panel with framed negative relief image of girl on settee (possibly in stage coach or railroad carriage).
Credit Line
Gift of Elizabeth and Katherine Beebe
Object Number
1942.292d
Marks
impressed: on obverse: "PPM 87"
Gallery Label
According to the accession records, this originally belonged to Mrs. William Jackson Beebe, circa 1860.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
