Collection Highlights
Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving
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Tile
Object Number:
Z.770i
Date:
1725-1775
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 12 3/4 x 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 32.4 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with painted blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with white glaze; circular rondel with biblical scene of a man rising from a grave with a figure with a halo standing nearby; ox-head corner motifs; tile cracked and broken. Broken in 3 pieces.
Gallery Label:
These tiles are from a fireplace in the Beekman Mansion (possibly the nursery room) at First Avenue and 51st St., New York, NY. They were removed and incorporated in a settle (bench) when the structure was torn down in 1874.
Credit Line:
Permanent Loan from the Beekman Family Association
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
