Collection Highlights
Portrait of an Unidentified Woman
Date:
ca. 1700-1725
Object Number:
1952.80
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup plate: Franklin's Tomb
Object Number:
1940.164
Date:
1820-1846
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. ( 1.3 x 9.2 cm )
Marks:
paper collector's label: affixed to back: "Franklin's Tomb: L & J Phillips"
Description:
Glazed porcelain pearlware cup plate wiyth blue transfer print decoration of urn and pedestal set among leafy trees and view of water.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, the maker is Edward and George Phillips. Larsen's view differs from that of this object; the object is probably from "Lafayette at Washington's Tomb" , see Halsey, "Pictures of Early New York on Dark Blue Staffordshire Pottery" p. 135.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
