Pressed Flower in Frame
date: label: date made
content: 1847
notes: label: Description
content: This memento came from the home of John William Draper, in Hasting-on-Hudson, New York. The label reads: “From the Grave / of / Sir Humphrey Davy / (forget me not) / Collected by Martyn Paine, M.D. / Geneva July 9th 1847.” Martyn Paine (1794-1877) was a physician and professor of medicine in New York. Humphrey Davy (1778-1829) was a British chemist and inventor who served as president of the Royal Society of London.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Science
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.333967
label: accession number
content: 304826
label: catalog number
content: 333967
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pressed flower in frame
label: Object Name
content: pressed flower
label: Object Name
content: plaque
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 3/4 in x 7 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 27.305 cm x 19.685 cm x 3.81 cm