Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Plate: May...Summers...Winters...
Object Number:
INV.9982
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 6 3/8 in. ( 1.9 x 16.2 cm )
Marks:
printed: around central image: "MAY./ SUMMERS SUN IS WARM AND BRIGHT/WINTERS SUN IS COLD AND WHITE/AUTUMN BRINGS US SHEAVES OF GRAIN/SPRING WILL SCATTER FLOWERS AGAIN/PLEASANT CHANGES GOD ARRANGES ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR."
Description:
Earthenware plate with buff-colored glaze and molded brim with letters of the alphabet in relief; at center, purple transfer printed image of a landscape with a woman picking flowers and child standing on a bridge; image is surrounded by inscription.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
