Menu for the Ball Given by James Hazen Hyde, January 31, 1905

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Object Details

Designer

Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

An elaborate menu for a banquet listing the dishes to be served inside an escutcheon bordered by a masked deity of plenty above, fruits of the hunt and of the harvest below, and snaking grapevine on the trellises at either side.

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. William Greenough

Date

1905

Accession Number

1943-51-469

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

graphic design

Object Name

Type

Medium

Etching in red ink, on cream laid paper

Dimensions

21.8 x 16.5 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

made in

USA

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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4c99132b3-432e-4eaa-aaa2-a93cc71e2b13

Record ID

chndm_1943-51-469