Collection Highlights
Ye book of copperheads
Date:
1863
Object Number:
LIB.XS.E647.L52.1863
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
1961.98
Date:
1825-1827
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 26 cm )
Marks:
typed: on jelly label on underside of plate: "Jefferson, Washington, Lafayette, & Clinton sold at auction in 1937 for $105.00"
printed: on adhesive label on underside of plate: "38" [collector's label]
typed: on jelly label on underside of plate: "PARK
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with dark blue transfer print of Park Theatre and the "Entrance of the Canal into the Hudson at Albany"; rim of plate has oak leaf and acorn transfer print with four medallion portraits at top of Jefferson, Lafayette, Clinton, and Washington; at bottom of rim is view of the entrance to the Erie Canal at Albany; central image is a New York street scene showing the Park Theatre.
Gallery Label:
The Park Theatre was built on Park Row in 1797-98. At the beginning of the nineteenth century the Park Theatre dominated dramatic activity in New York City and offered dramatic fare for patrons of all classes.
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.
