Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
INV.14370b
Date:
1815-1829
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 26 cm )
Marks:
transfer-printed: in blue on underside of plate: [boy holding scroll] "New York/from/Brooklyn Heights/by/W.G. Wall Esqr. N.Y."
impressed: on underside of plate around impressed crown: "STEVENSON WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE"
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with dark blue transfer print of New York from Brooklyn Heights; border of floral clusters; central image of pastoral scene with man on horseback and small frame building; distant view of river, ships, and buildings of Manhattan.
Gallery Label:
This view of New York from Brooklyn Heights is based on a print after a painting by William Guy Wall (1792-after 1864).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., 1976
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
