Collection Highlights
Petition from Lydia Heckle to Marinus Willett, Mayor of New York, re: Miranda expedition, May 16, 1807
Date:
1807
Object Number:
MSS.NewYorkCity.Misc.1
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Soup dish: Hudson River, near Hudson
Object Number:
1961.153
Date:
1819-1836
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. ( 3.5 x 22.5 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on back in circle around crown: "[C]LEWS WARRANTED_____"
printed: in blue ink on back: image of rock, ships, and fir trees, "Picturesque Views/ Near Hudson/Hudson River"
Description:
Scalloped edge glazed pearlware soup dish decorated in light blue transfer print of landscape view with sailboats, figures, border of roses, bords, scrolls, and brackets on rim. ( Hudson river, near Hudson) (Larsen, 3rd ed., no. 151)
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.
