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This plate contains harmful imagery and language including the use of the term "insane".
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DESCRIPTION:
Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate. Floral border surrounding a central scene illustrating the "Insane Hospital/Boston" (inscription on verso)
plates (dishes)
earthenware
transfer printing
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Food
Printed underglaze,""BEAUTIES OF AMERICA/ INSANE HOSPITAL/ BOSTON/ J & W RIDGWAY""
Subject Insane Hospital,
Pleasant Hill
Insane Hospital
Unknown
3/4 (H), 7 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Anne Brengel
1994.87
County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]
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