Collection Highlights
View of St. Patrick's Cathedral from Inside Rockefeller Center: Study for a Set of Painted Doors
2002
2002.46
Gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on gray paper
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Plate
Object name
Plate
Date
1820-1840
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. ( 1.9 x 22.5 cm )
Description
Molded pearlware plate with dark blue transfer print; rim printed with oak leaves, acorns, and stippled background; center of plate printed with street scene including view of the City Hotel.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number
1961.119
Marks
printed: in blue on underside of plate: "CITY HOTEL NEW YORK/R.S.W." in banner with flowers
printed: on adhesive label on underside of plate: "61" [collector's label]
printed: newspaper article affixed to back of plate: "One Hundred Years Ago/in the New York Tribune/..."
typed: on jelly label affixed to back of plate: "CITY HOTEL/Col. Dr. Arthur H. Merritt./Erected at 115 B'way 1794-98 by Ezra Weeks. Its height of four stories made it a landmark from Long Island and New Jersey...."
Gallery Label
City Hotel (built 1794, demolished 1849) located at 115 Broadway, hosted many elaborate functions which included the celebrations of important historical events. The hotel also featured a ladies' dining room where young women went to learn the latest dance steps.
Provenance
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
