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Bandbox, Surrender of Cornwallis

This is a Bandbox. It is dated 1805–15 and we acquired it in 1945. Its medium is block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Gift of J.A. Lloyd Hyde.

Its dimensions are

38.5 x 33 cm (15 3/16 x 13 in.)

Cite this object as

Bandbox, Surrender of Cornwallis; USA; block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support; 38.5 x 33 cm (15 3/16 x 13 in.); Gift of J.A. Lloyd Hyde; 1945-51-5

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