Numismatics

Printing Plate with Native Americans Harpooning a Shark

19th century

Steel

5 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (14 × 7 cm)
The Susan G. and John W. Jackson, B.A. 1967, Numismatics Acquisition Endowment Fund
2020.63.10
Geography: 
Made in United States
Status: 
By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Culture: 
American
Period: 
19th century
Classification: 
Numismatics
Provenance: 

American Bank Note Company Archives, New York, until about 2005; Archival Collectables, New Jersey, from about 2005 to 2020; Stack's Bowers, New York, March, 20, 2020, lot 5128; Steve Blum, Westfield, NJ, March 2020; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., June 2020.

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