Postzegeldoos met een portret van George G. Litchfield

anonymous, 1897

  • Artwork typebox, photograph
  • Object numberRP-F-2022-43-10-20
  • Dimensionsdiameter 41 mm, diameter 22 mm
  • Physical characteristicsalbuminedruk; geplakt op papier op de deksel van de doos

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Stamp Box (title on object)
    • Postzegeldoos met een portret van George G. Litchfield

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-F-2022-43-10-20

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • : ‘POSTAGE STAMPS/ The Newton Calendar/ Pat. May 10th 1892./ 1897 [...]/ TO FIND A DATE USE THE COLUMN/ OF DAYS UNDER THE DESIRED/ MONTH’
    • : ‘COMPLIMENTS OF/ MASSACHUSETTS BENEFIT LIFE ASSOCIATION/ George G. Litchfield/ president/ of Boston Mass’

Creation

  • Creation

    • photographer: anonymous
    • maker: The Newton Calendar (mentioned on object)
    • commissioner (person who orders works): Massachusetts Benefit Life Association (mentioned on object), New York (city)

  • Dating

    1897

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    albuminedruk; geplakt op papier op de deksel van de doos

  • Dimensions

    • diameter 41 mm
    • diameter 22 mm

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Marque Joosten & Eduard Planting Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds, the Familie van Heel Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2022-11-08

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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