Collection Highlights
Panoramic View of New York City (in Eight Sections)
Date:
1842-45
Object Number:
1915.76
Medium:
Black ink over graphite on eight sheets of ivory paper with partial black ink borders, laid on Japanese paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate depicting Nahant Hotel
Object Number:
1961.138
Date:
1821-1829
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 8 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 21.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: in blue on back in oval frame: "Nahant Hotel/near/Boston"
typed: affixed paper label: "From the C.S. Lunt Collection 1926"
Description:
Glazed earthenware molded plate with dark blue transfer print decoration of the Nahant Hotel and border of eagles, scrolls, and flowers (Nahant Hotel0.
Gallery Label:
The hotel was built in 1820.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
