Plaque, Portrait of Charlotte Cushman
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Caption
Karl L. H. Müller (American, born Germany, 1820–1887). Plaque, Portrait of Charlotte Cushman, ca. 1876. Unglazed porcelain, 5 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (14.6 x 14.9 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, by exchange, 2006.6.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Designer
Manufacturer
Title
Plaque, Portrait of Charlotte Cushman
Date
ca. 1876
Geography
Place manufactured: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Medium
Unglazed porcelain
Classification
Dimensions
5 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (14.6 x 14.9 x 3.8 cm)
Signatures
Artist's logo molded above proper left shoulder of sitter: half a man on half a mule
Inscriptions
Molded vertically along proper left: "Charlotte Cushman" Molded above proper right shoulder of sitter: "U P W" On reverse in pencil script: "Charlotte Cushman/ Authoress"
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, by exchange
Accession Number
2006.6.2
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