Collection of Pencil Sketches
notes: label: Description
content: This is a collection of pencil drawings done by John Brown Copp of Stonington, Connecticut during the early 19th century. The drawing seem to be studies of popular images of the period.
label: Description
content: The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New England
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Copp Collection
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Brenton Copp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.006879.01
label: catalog number
content: 6879.01
label: accession number
content: 28810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawings, lot of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall-in envelope: 8 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in; 22.225 cm x 29.21 cm