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Object Number
967-28-10/45474
Display Title
Copy of inscription on Dighton Rock
Descriptions
Object Description
Copy of inscription on Dighton Rock, made about the year 1768
Inventory Description
Painting, figurative and linear, on woven cloth
Classification
- Painting
Department
Prints and Drawings
Date
ca. 1768
Culture
- Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Massachusetts
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Bristol County
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Dighton
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Dighton Rock
Materials
Ink on paper, linen fabric
Dimensions
Overall: 340.5 × 105.4 × 0.1 cm (134 1/16 × 41 1/2 × 1/16 in.) linen fabric
Other: 310.5156 × 96.8377 cm (122 1/4 × 38 1/8 in.) pencil-line to pencil-line
Other: 306.0706 × 92.3927 cm (120 1/2 × 36 3/8 in.) original paper document
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Found in Museum, 1967
Provenance
Provenance
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
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