Collection Highlights
The Draft Riots in New York- The Battle in Second Avenue
Date:
1863
Object Number:
PR.020.100.4
Medium:
Wood Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
1940.307
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. ( 2.2 x 21.3 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: on back of rim, set in scroll: "City Hotel/R.S.W/New York"
painted: in blue on back: "5"
Description:
Lobed edge glazed earthenware plate decorated in dark-blue transfer prints of centerview buildings, trees, and figures in foreground and steeple in background, and border of acorns and oak leaves in rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Provenance:
Purchased by Mrs. J. Insley Blair from Lunt Sale, Binghamton, NY, Sept. 1926 ($44).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
