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Negro Life at the South
1859
S-225
Oil on linen
Artist/Maker: Eastman Johnson

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Plate

Plate
Object name 
Plate
Date 
1750-1800
Medium 
Porcelain
Dimensions 
Overall: 3/4 x 4 3/8 in. ( 1.9 x 11.1 cm )
Description 
Porcelain dish with flared rim, hand painted in underglaze blue with calligraphic landscape in three sections, seven abstract birds above.
Credit Line 
Gift of John W. Quincy
Object Number 
1863.11
Marks 
inscribed: by hand in black ink on obverse: "came over in the/Mayflower in 1620." inscribed: by hand in black ink on reverse: "Presented by John [illeg.]/Mayflower/1620."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.