Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
INV.633
Date:
1840-1875
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 24.1 cm )
Marks:
printed: on obverse in center: "CONGRESS/ SHALL MAKE NO LAW/ RESPECTING/ AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION;/ OR PROHIBITING/ THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF/ OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH./ OR OF THE PRESS/ OR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY/ TO ASSEMBLE/ AND
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with iregularly scalloped edge, printed light blue with central inscription and spread eagle with scrolls.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
