Collection Highlights
The Truant Gamblers (Undutiful Boys)
1835
1858.23
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Plate: Great Western Steamship
Object name
Plate: Great Western Steamship
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. ( 2.2 x 17.5 cm )
Description
Molded pearlware with slightly scalloped rim printed black in center with image of a steamship with sails and side wheel, row boat and buoy; golden purplish luster of metallic oxide on brim.
Object Number
INV.14362
Marks
printed: on front; "PORT/ BRISTOL" "GREAT WESTERN STEAM SHIP/LENGTH 236 FEET BREADTH 52 1/3 FEET"
Gallery Label
This boat was known as the Great Western Steamship.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
