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Artist
J. and Son Thoreau
Date1850-1860
Terms
- Product Labels
- Ink
- Paper
- Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions10.15 × 11.42 cm (4 × 4 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. Walton Ricketson and Miss Anna Ricketson (1929)
Object numberTH33H
DescriptionLabel for John Thoreau's pencils. Gold letterpress on white paper. "THOREAU'S/ IMPROVED/ DRAWING PENCILS,/ FOR THE NICEST USES OF THE/ Drawing Master, Surveyor, Engineer, Architect,/ and Artists generally./ GRADUATED FROM/ 1 to 4,/ IN PROPORTION TO THEIR HARDNESS./ MANUFACTURED BY/ JOHN THOREAU & Co./ CONCORD, MASS." Item removed from box Th33. There are three different wrappers in the Museum collection, all printed in gold ink.
Collections
- Henry David Thoreau Collection
Object number: 2007.261.177
Alfred Munroe
January 4, 1880
Object number: 2018.9.10.2
