Collection Highlights
The Solitary Oak (The Old Oak)
1844
1858.75
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup plate: Congress Shall Make No Law....
Object name
Cup plate: Congress Shall Make No Law....
Date
1837-1860
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1/2 x 4 in. ( 1.3 x 10.2 cm )
Description
Light blue transfer printed pearlware plate with scalloped edges; there are four cartouches with inscriptions or images around the border as well as four eagles with shields; the center of the plate also has an inscription; all of the inscriptions are quotations from the Constitution.
Object Number
1961.199
Marks
inscribed: in cartouches around border: "WE HOLD/ THAT ALL MEN [ital] ARE CREATED EQUAL"; "OF ONE BLOOD/ ARE ALL [ital]/ NATIONS OF/MEN"; "LOVEJOY/ THE FIRST MARTYR [ital] TO AMERICAN/LIBERTY/at/[?]LTON [illegible]; central inscription: "CONGRESS/SHALL MAKE NO LAW/ RESPECTING[ital]/AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION/ OR PROHIBITING [ital]/ THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF/ OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH,/OR OF THE PRESS[ital]/ OR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY [ital]/ TO ASSEMBLE/AND TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT [ital]/ FOR A REPRESSS OF /GRIEVANCES/CONSTITUTION/U.S."
Gallery Label
The underlying theme of this cup plate is abolition.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
