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Dinner Plate

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Maker Unknown English

CultureEnglish

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Dinner Plate

Datec. 1825–1835

Place depictedHobart, State of Tasmania, Australia

Made inEngland

MediumLead-glazed earthenware with transfer print

Dimensions1 1/4 × 9 in. diameter (3.2 × 22.9 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.72.41

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Bayou Bend

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CERAMICS

DescriptionThis plate depicts Hobart, the capital of the Australian island state of Tasmania.
The first European settlement began in 1803 as a military camp at Risdon Cove on the eastern shores of the River Derwent, amid British concerns over the presence of French explorers. In 1804, along with the military, settlers and convicts from the abandoned Port Phillip settlement, the camp at Risdon Cove was moved by Captain David Collins to a better location at the present site of Hobart at Sullivans Cove. The city, initially known as Hobart Town or Hobarton, was named after Lord Hobart, the British Secretary of State for war and the colonies.

ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; given to MFAH, 1972.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Printed on bottom: HOBART / TOWN [in a cartouche]

[no marks]

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