Collection Highlights
Flags on 57th Street, Winter of 1918
1918
1984.68
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: Broadway and Bowling Green
Object name
Plate: Broadway and Bowling Green
Date
ca. 1930-1939
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 10 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 26.7 cm )
Description
Circular earthenware plate; blue transfer printed flower and leaf border at center scene of pre-20th century New York (Broadway and the Bowling Green circa 1826).
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number
1939.183
Marks
printed: on reverse: "BROADWAY AND THE BOWLING GREEN CIRCA 1826/ OLD NEW YORK/Commemorating the/ inauguration of/ George Washington at/Federal Hall New York/April 30, 1789 and the New/ York World's Fair 1939/ WEDGWOOD/ETRURIA/ ENGLAND"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
