2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Collection Highlights

Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
c. 1940-45
1947.216
Watercolor, gouache, white tempera, and charcoal on heavy watercolor paper
Artist/Maker: Enit Zerner Kaufman

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Broadside

Broadside
Object name 
Broadside
Date 
ca. 1832
Medium 
Silk
Dimensions 
Overall: 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. ( 49.5 x 36.8 cm )
Description 
Copper-engraved silk broadside with an obituary of Sir Walter Scott; American bald eagle armorial at top; black in on a white ground.
Object Number 
INV.1900e
Marks 
printed: all over: "ONTARIO/FREEMAN/REMARKS/Delivered on the arrival of the news of /Sir Walter Scott's death, near the..."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.