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Plenty United with Commerce

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1802

GUSN

GUSN-8031

Description

Black-painted frame with hand-colored engravings with titles. Female figure holds cornucopia, escorts figure of commerce. They stand at foreground; harbor scene at left; farming scene at right. Putti holds banner in sky.

Details

Descriptive Terms

engravings (prints)
engraving (printing process)
glass (material)
hand coloring
molding (forming)
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
business (commercial function)
farming
harbors
putti (motifs)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Print
Glass
Unidentified Paper
Molded
Painted
Classical Figure
Woman
Commerce
Stipple Engraved
Putti
Cornucopia
Harbor
Farming
Hand Colored
Print

Inscription

On banner: Friendship + Commerce all over the World. Title: Plenty United with Commerce

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

16.25 x 12.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.318.2

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