Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Saucer: Residence of the Late Richard Jordon New Jersey
Object Number:
1942.410
Date:
1829-1843
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 14.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: on back: "The Residence/ of the Late/RICHARD JORDAN/ NEW JERSEY/ J H &CO"/ "H"
Description:
Molded pearlware saucer with scalloped edge and decorated with pink and white transfer printed image of a rural residence with a house, barn, trees, a cow, and a man with a walking stick in foreground; view surrounded by border pattern of scrolls and flowers and outlined with a thin blue line.
Gallery Label:
This house belonged to Richard Jordan of New Jersey; Richard Jordan (1756-1826) was born in Virginia and moved to New Jersey in 1809; he was a prominent Quaker minister.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
