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

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Pitcher

Pitcher
Pitcher
Pitcher
Object name 
Pitcher
Date 
1824-1840
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Richard Hall & Son
Medium 
Earthenware
Dimensions 
Overall: 4 x 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 10.2 x 14 x 9.5 cm )
Description 
Pearlware pitcher with angular bamboo-shaped handle; blue transfer print portraits of Lafayette and George Washington; floral border in interior rim.
Credit Line 
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number 
1961.313
Marks 
printed: beneath base: "Z" stamped: on base of handle: "24" printed: on rim: "IN COMMEMORATION OF THE/VISIT, OF GEN. LAFAYETTE TO/THE U.S. OF AMERICA, IN THE YEAR/1824" printed: around portrait: "FAYETTE/THE NATIONS GUEST" printed: on rim: "FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE,/AND FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS/FELLOW CITIZENS" printed: beneath rim: "WASHINGTON/HIS COUNTRY'S FATHER" printed: beneath spout: "REPUBLICANS/ARE NOT Always UNGRATEFUL/Rcd Hall & Son"
Provenance 
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.