Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: Marine Hospital
Object Number:
1961.144
Date:
1818-1846
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. ( 2.2 x 23.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: on front: "Marine Hospital/Louisville Kentucky"
impressed: on base: circular, "E WOOD & SONS BURSLEM/WARRANTED/SEMI CHINA" with spread eagle
typed: on reverse: paper label " MARINE HODPITAL [sic], NO.88. ERECTED BY THE GOVERNEMNT TO CARE FOR SA
Description:
Molded of white clay with slightly scalloped rim, printed in dark blue with view of neoclassical building in a park with fences and two figures in foreground; shell border with irregular center.
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.
