Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
ca. 1630
1885.5
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Artillery shell fragment excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fo
Object name
Artillery shell fragment excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fo
Date
1760-1783
Medium
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 15.2 x 10.2 x 3.8 cm )
Description
Iron artillery shell fragment found near the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, along Audubon and Eleventh Avenues and between 190th and 194th Streets in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Object Number
INV.6318.387
Gallery Label
This shell fragment was found in the garden of R.H. Bowne, Esq., near the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, in Washington Heights.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
