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Swing Low: A Harriet Tubman memorial
2007
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Cast bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tile
Object name
Tile
Date
1750-1775
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 13 x 13 x 0.6 cm )
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with painted blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with white glaze; circular rondel with landscape scene with corner of portico on bank of river with sail boats in distance; ox-head corner motifs (tile same as Z.773g and h).
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplank
Object Number
Z.773f
Marks
written: on reverse, "Fishkill Joseph J. Jackson House"
Gallery Label
These tiles are from a fireplace in the Judge Joseph I. Jackson House at the corner of Jackson Ave. and Main St., Fishkill, NY. The house, which at one time was called the "Colonial Inn," was still standing in 1953.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
