Child's Transferware Cup "Eva Dressing Uncle Tom" from "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Unknown American, American
after George Cruikshank, English, 1792 - 1878
about 1852-1855
Glazed earthenware cup with black transfer design and gold line at base and rim
Height: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the James and Barbara Block Acquisitions Endowment
2016.4
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, below image: "EVA DRESSING UNCLE TOM"
Course History
Humanities 2.01, The Modern Labyrinth, Lucas Hollister, Petra McGillen, Andrea Tarnowski, Laura Edmondson, Winter 2023
Art History 38.04, Food and Art: Global History, Nicola Camerlenghi, Spring 2023
Religion 17.01, African and African American Studies 83.05, African Religions in the Americas, Eugenia Rainey, Spring 2024
Writing 5.20, Foundations at Dartmouth, Doug Moody, Fall 2024
Writing 5.23, Foundations of Dartmouth: Samson Occom, Edward Mitchell, and the History and Cultures of Native American, African American, and “Minority” Students at Dartmouth College, Doug Moody, Winter 2025
Exhibition History
Inhabiting Historical Time: Slavery and Its Afterlives, Jaffe and Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 20, 2025 - July 11, 2026.
Provenance
Ian McKelvey Antiques, South Windham, Connecticut; sold to present collection, 2016.
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