Collection Highlights
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
1824
1940.202
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Linen towel: show boat
Title
Linen towel: show boat
Object name
Tea towel
Date
1941
Medium
Linen
Dimensions
Overall: 28 3/4 x 16 in. ( 73 x 40.6 cm )
Description
Linen printed tea towel with a garland enclosing a scene with two men and a woman in front of a steamboat; printed in red, blue, yellow, greenand black on a white ground; blue and red foliate border.
Credit Line
Gift of Leacock & Co., Inc
Object Number
1941.654
Marks
printed: below image: "SHOW BOAT"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
