Collection Highlights
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1927.59
Medium:
Plaster with wash
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter
Object Number:
1930.33
Date:
1829-1836
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 21 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 55.2 x 44.4 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware well-and-tree platter with scalloped edge and well; decorated with indigo transfer printed design of New York viewed from Governors Island surrounded by a border pattern of birds, scrolls, and flowers.
Gallery Label:
This view, after a painting by William Guy Wall published in the "Hudson River Port Folio," represents the Governor's Island at right with New York City visible in the distance.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
