William Ridgway & Co.
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Maker William Ridgway & Co. (English, active c. 1834–1854)English, active c. 1834–1854

CultureEnglish

Titles

Platter
View of the Capitol at Washington

Datec. 1840–1854

Made inEngland

Place depictedWashington, District of Columbia, United States

MediumLead-glazed earthenware with transfer print

Dimensions1 5/8 × 14 1/4 × 19 1/4 in. (4.1 × 36.2 × 48.9 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Jas A. Gundry

Object numberB.2012.41

Not on view

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Bayou Bend

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CERAMICS

DescriptionThe view is of the U. S. Capitol Building at Washington, D.C. The source of the view is a print by William Henry Bartlett. The building represents the Old Capitol as completed by architect Charles Bulfinch in 1836–37, with Pennsylvania Avenue below it. People in various types of dress walk along the road.
ProvenanceJas A. Gundry, Houston; given to MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

underside transfer-printed in blue "VIEW of the CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON" surmounted by a rendition of the Great Seal of the United States of American, with the initials "W.R." (William Ridgway)
impressed on back "OPAQUE/GRANITE/CHINA/W.R. & Co" in a shield flanked between a lion and a unicorn

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