Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
1836
1858.3
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter commemorating Pickett's Charge
Object name
Platter commemorating Pickett's Charge
Date
ca. 1870
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. ( 3.2 x 32.1 cm )
Description
Molded pearlware octagonal dish printed in medium blue with central view of battlefield with charging and dying infantry, smoke, Confederate & American flags, cannon in foreground; border of medallions with famous Confederate and Union generals with oak leaves and acorn border.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number
1961.254
Marks
printed: on base:"E PLURIBUS UNUM" over spread eagle and "PICKETT'S CHARGE,/GETTYSBURG
printed: on obverse:"GEN. W.S. HANCOCK", "GEN JAS. LONGSTREET", "GEN. G.G. MEADE", "GEN R.E. LEE"
collector's label: affixed to reverse: "ALL THIS HAS BEEN MY FAULT. IT IS I THAT HAVE LOST THIS FIGHT."
Gallery Label
This platter represents Pickett's Charge, the disastrous infantry assault ordered by Confederate General Robert E. Lee on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. Represented in medallions around the border are generals Hancock, Longstreet, Meade, and Lee.
Provenance
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
