Collection Highlights
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
Date:
ca. 1849
Object Number:
MSS.GallatinPapers.1
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: Residence...Lafayette
Object Number:
1961.85
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 10 1/8 in. ( 2.2 x 25.7 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on back: medallion with eagle and shield at center and "[ENOCH] WOOD & SONS BURSAL[EM]/SEMICHINA"
printed: in blue on back: "LA GRANGE THE RESIDENCE/OF THE MARQUIS LAFAYETTE"
Description:
Dark blue transfer printed pearlware plate with central view depicting a large house with two turrets; the figures of a man, woman, child, and dog are in the foreground; the border pattern is composed of a grapevine, grapes, and flowers.
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.
