Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
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.