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Collection Highlights

Atom Bomb Hits New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, cover
1950
1956.7
Oil on paper laid on board
Artist/Maker: Chesley Bonestell

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Mug

Mug
Object name 
Mug
Date 
1850-1860
Medium 
Porcelain
Dimensions 
Overall: 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. ( 7 x 8.9 x 6.7 cm )
Description 
Molded cylindrical porcelain mug with wide, circular foot and flared rim, applied handle; printed in dark pink with three-quarter frontal portrait of young woman in 19th century dress; with pink bands inside rim, on foot, and embellishing handle.
Credit Line 
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number 
1945.268
Marks 
printed: on exterior in dark pink under image: "JENNY LIND"
Provenance 
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.