Collection Highlights
Dr. John Cheesman and Family with Guests: Silhouette
1840
Z.2567
Black prepared paper cut-outs, laid on beige paper with graphite, brown ink and wash, and white gouache, laid on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object name
Plate
Date
1835-1845
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 3/4 x 8 in. ( 1.9 x 20.3 cm )
Description
Molded pearlware plate with black transfer-printed image of the burning of Coenties Slip, New York; border with eight reserves alternating with firefighting emblems and American eagle; central image of burning warehouse building with river and boat in foreground.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number
1961.129
Marks
transfer-printed: in black on underside of plate: [eagle] and "Stone ware/VIEW/FROM/COENTIES-SLIP"
printed: on adhesive label on underside of plate: "72" [collector's label]
Gallery Label
This plate is from a series of three that depict the devastation of the Great Fire of December 16, 1835, that destroyed nearly seven hundred buildings. The Merchants' Exchange, completed in 1827, was a building of both financial importance and architectural beauty; Coenties Slip was a bustling commercial pier.
Provenance
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
