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
Pitcher
Object Number:
1945.278b
Date:
1851-1861
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. ( 31.8 x 19 cm )
Marks:
printed: in blue at bottom: at center of grape vine cartouche: "JENNY LIND/ C M & S"
Description:
Light blue transfer printed pitcher with octagonal foot and facets; the pitcher tapers upwards to the neck; the body of the picture depicts a landscape with male and female figures in the foreground; one male figure looks through the telescope at a castle with a river and mountains behind ; the border pattern is composed of grapes on a grape vine and features a classical temple in various places (Jenny Lind's castle).
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, the view seen here was already being produced by the potters under a different name; however, when Jenny Lind bought the castle depicted, the name was changed in her honor.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
