Child's Plate with the scene "Pay Away Till He Gives Up! Give it Him! Give it Him! from "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Unknown American or English, American or English
after Charles Howland Hammatt Billings, American, 1818 - 1874
about 1852-1855
Glazed earthenware with black transfer vignette in center and embossed floral design on rim
Diameter: 8 11/16 in. (22 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the James and Barbara Block Acquisitions Endowment
2016.3
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in transfer image, top: PAY AWAY TILL HE GIVES UP! GIVE IT HIM! GIVE IT HIM!; bottom of image: UNCLE TOM WHIPPED TO DEATH.
Course History
AAAS 10.01, Introduction to African American Studies, Trica Keaton, Spring 2022
Africa and African-American Studies 10.01, Introduction to African American Studies, Trica Keaton 1, Winter 2023
Art History 38.04, Food and Art: Global History, Nicola Camerlenghi, Spring 2023
Provenance
Martyn Edgell Antiques Limited, Cambridgeshire, England; sold to present collection, 2016.
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