Collection Highlights
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
1824
1940.202
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Artillery shell fragment
Object name
Artillery shell fragment
Date
1850-1860
Medium
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/8 x 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 1.6 cm )
Description
Iron artillery shell fragment.
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Ollive Mabbot
Object Number
1936.588
Gallery Label
According to accession records, this shell fragment was cut from a tree trunk at Hampton Bay, Virginia by I.R. McWilliams, and later given to the donor. The shell was probably fired during the landing of Union troops there in 1861.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.