Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
Date:
1859
Object Number:
1972.13
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Plate: The Columbia Plates- Columbia College
Object Number:
1932.70
Date:
1910-1932
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/8 x 11 in. ( 0.3 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: on obverse: "IN LVMINE TVO VIDEBIMVS LVMEN/UNIVERSITAS COLVMBIAE"
stamped: on reverse: "4L32/MADE IN ENGLAND/WEDGWOOD"
printed: on reverse: "THE COLUMBIA PLATES/Nicholas Muncy Butler/2.COLUMBIA COLLEGE LIBRARY AND CAMPUS.../COPYRIGHT/ALUMNI FED
Description:
Earthenware plate; blue transfer printed flower and scroll border with architectural view cartouches; central view of Columbia College Library
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this set is the first edition to bear the facsimile signature of President Butler.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
