Plate (William McKinley)

• Artist: American (Culture)
• Medium: Glass
• Geographical Location: USA
• Dates: 1901
• Dimensions: 1 1/8 x 8 x 10 5/8 in. (2.9 x 20.3 x 27 cm)
• Inscriptions: Molded in center to the figure's proper right and proper left, respectively: "Born 1843" and "Died 1901". Molded around bouge: "IT IS GOD'S WAY" (top) and "HIS WILL BE DONE" (bottom)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5Q12-LUCE, Unit 21, Shelf D
• Accession Number: 40.174
• Image: 40.174_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,

Catalogue Description:
Oval colorless pressed glass; in center, full-length portrait of President William A. McKinley holding a scroll and set against a stippled background which contains his birth and death dates (1843-1901). McKinley's dying words molded around bouge, "IT IS GOD'S WAY / HIS WILL BE DONE". The rim is decorated with laurel branches.