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: Escape Of The Mouse
Object Number:
1961.373
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 10 1/8 in. ( 2.2 x 25.7 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on back: medallion with crown at center and 'CLEWS WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE"
printed: on back in blue: "THE ESCAPE OF THE/MOUSE/FROM/WILKES DESIGNS"
typed: affixed to back: paper label "THE ESCAPE OF THE MOUSE/ Wilkie's diploma picture upon hi
Description:
Dark blue transfer printed pearlware plate with central image depicting interior scene with a woman seated in a chair while three people and a dog hover and look under the chair; border pattern is composed of flowers and scrolls.
Gallery Label:
This plate is from the Wilkie series.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
