Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: Bank Of The United States Philadelphia
Object Number:
1940.185
Date:
1790-1829
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 in. ( 2.5 x 25.4 cm )
Marks:
printed: on back:"BANK OF THE/UNITED STATES/PHILADELPHIA"
Description:
Pearlware plate decorated with blue and white transfer printed image of the Bank of the United States in Philadelphia with some figures and a horse drawn carriage in the foreground surrounded by a scroll, eagle, and flower border.
Gallery Label:
The Bank of the United States was built between 1795-1798.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
