Collection Highlights
Freedom to the Slaves
Date:
ca. 1865
Object Number:
PR.052.58
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter: The Errand Boy
Object Number:
1961.365
Date:
1819-1836
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 14 5/8 in. ( 4.4 x 48.9 x 37.1 cm )
Marks:
printed: in blue on back of brim: "THE ERRAND BOY/FROM WILKIE'S DESIGNS"
impressed: on back: medallion with crown at center and "CLEWS WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE" inscribed
typed: paper label affixed to back : "THE ERRAND BOY by Wilkie/Painted for John Swi
Description:
Dark blue transfer printed platter with the central image depicting a boy on a horse interacting with two women and a girl by the door to a house; the border pattern is composed of flowers and scrolls.
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.
