Collection Highlights
Four Portraits of North American Indians; verso: sketch of brave riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow
1859
1941.1209
Oil on gray marbleized prepared heavy textured paper
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Museum Collections
Historical Artifacts
Ashtray
Object name
Ashtray
Date
1920-1950
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 in.
Description
This clear glass hexagonal ashtray has a cream and blue printed bottom that reads through the glass "Go and Do Thou Likewise/ New York Hospital/ Created by Royal Charter in 1771 in the reign of King George III." With a central picture of a man in robes giving assistance to an injured man lying by a tree.
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.286
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
