Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
1773-1809
1867.298
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter
Object name
Platter
Date
1829-1836
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 3 x 21 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 55.2 x 44.4 cm )
Description
Molded pearlware well-and-tree platter with scalloped edge and well; decorated with indigo transfer printed design of New York viewed from Governors Island surrounded by a border pattern of birds, scrolls, and flowers.
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number
1930.33
Gallery Label
This view, after a painting by William Guy Wall published in the "Hudson River Port Folio," represents the Governor's Island at right with New York City visible in the distance.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
