Patent Timepiece
attributed to Lemuel Curtis, American, 1790 - 1857
about 1815
Pine, gilt, reverse painting on glass
Overall: 32 × 10 × 3 9/16 in. (81.3 × 25.4 × 9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
F.944.145
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Clock
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Exhibition History
American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 9-December 9, 2007.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 2, 2009-present.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 220, no. 193.
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued, 1944.
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