Collection Highlights
Get off the track! : a song for Emmancipation, sung by the Hutchinsons, respectfully dedicated to Nath.l P. Rogers, as a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the cause of human rights
Date:
1844
Object Number:
LIB.M1622a.Hutchinson
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: Columbia, The Library
Object Number:
1932.72
Date:
1910-1932
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 11 in. ( 2.9 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "THE COLUMBIA PLATES/Nicholas Muncy Butler/4.THE LIBRARY,MORNINGSIDE, 1912/COPYRIGHT/ALUMNI FEDERATION OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,INC/WEDGWOOD/ETRURIA/ENGLAND/JONES McDUFFEE & STRATTON Co./BOSTON/SOLE IMPORTERS"
stamped: on reverse: "4L3
Description:
Earthenware plate; blue transfer printed flower and scroll border with architectural view cartouches; central view of Columbia University's Library.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this set is the first edition to bear the facsimile signature of President Butler.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
