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From shore to shore

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1857-1907

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 121-130

GUSN

GUSN-198871

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Description

An allegory of life from childhoold to old age, represented by a group of people apparently out for a day of boating. A poem explains the symbolic journey.

Details

Descriptive Terms

poems
allegories (document genre)
childhood
old age
adulthood
lithographs
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection number PR122OVR

Physical Description

1 lithograph

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.122

Image Dimensions

11 x 14 (HxW)(inches)

Record Details

Originator

Currier & Ives (Engraver)

Material Type

lithographs
prints (visual works)

Restrictions

Very fragile, with deep tears along the edges. Overall dirty and discolored.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 121-130

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