Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: B & O Railroad Thomas Viaduct
Object Number:
1955.261c
Date:
1925-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 6 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 17.1 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "1827 1927/BALTIMORE AND OHIO/RAILROAD/SCAMMELL'S/LAMBERTON CHINA/DESIGN PATENTED"
printed: on obverse: "THOMAS VIADUCT, 1835" (train engines also named and dated)
Description:
Whiteware plate with blue transfer printed train engine and border and view of railroad bridge spanning the Thomas Viaduct.
Gallery Label:
This plate is part of the Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
