Pitcher Commemorating LaFayette's Visit in 1824
Pitcher Commemorating LaFayette's Visit in 1824
Pitcher Commemorating LaFayette's Visit in 1824
Pitcher Commemorating LaFayette's Visit in 1824
Pitcher Commemorating LaFayette's Visit in 1824
Pitcher Commemorating LaFayette's Visit in 1824

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Pitcher Commemorating LaFayette's Visit in 1824,

1824

George Washington, 1732–1799; born Westmoreland County, VA; died Mount Vernon, VA
American
y1937-198

Information

Title
Pitcher Commemorating LaFayette's Visit in 1824
Dates

1824

Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
26.2 x 20.5 x 16.3 cm (10 5/16 x 8 1/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Nelson McAllister Lloyd
Object Number
y1937-198
Inscription
Inscribed, around Washington’s portrait: “Washington, His Countrys Father”; Inscribed, on neck: “First in War / First in Peace / and first in the Hears of / his fellow Citizens”; Inscribed, around LaFayette’s portrait: “Fayette the Nations Guest”; Inscribed, about LaFayette’s portrait: “In Commemoration of the Visit of Genl La Fayette / to the U.S. America / in the Year 1824”; Inscribed, around eagle: “Republicans Art Not Always ungrateful” and “To Samuel Spackman” underneath.;
Culture
American
Type
pitchers, porcelain
Materials
porcelain
Techniques
transfer printing
Subject
figures (representations), eagles, generals, plant-derived motifs, scrolls (motifs), commemoratives, men

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