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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2006.6.2_PS1.jpg)
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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2006.6.2_mark_PS1.jpg)
Plaque, Portrait of Charlotte Cushman
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MANUFACTURER
Union Porcelain Works, 1863–ca. 1922
MEDIUM
Unglazed porcelain
DATES
ca. 1876
DIMENSIONS
5 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (14.6 x 14.9 x 3.8 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
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"
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
2006.6.2
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, by exchange
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Octagonal wall plaque with high relief bust in a dished circle of a woman full face who looks slightly to her proper right. Her elaborate coiffure is parted in the middle. Her signature, "Charlotte Cushman," is molded vertically along the proper left side of the dished circle. Between this signature and the bust is the molded logo of the designer, half a man on half a mule. The intials "U.P.W" are molded above the proper right shoulder of the sitter.
Condition: Firing cracks due to holes made top and bottom, perhaps intended to hold plaque in velvet mount. Line runs down into her hair.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2006.6.2_PS1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 2006.6.2_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006
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