At the Exposition of Chicago 1893, commemorative plate
(1. À l’Exposition de Chicago)
(1893)
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
2.0 × 19.7 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Dr Robert Wilson Collection. Gift of Dr Robert Wilson, 2012
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Choisy-le-Roi, France
Inscription
printed in red u.c.: (1) À L’ EXPOSITION DE CHICAGO.
printed in red l.c.: - Je suis parli pour Chicago en même temps que la misique de la Garde Républicaine. Pas de mal de mer personnel. / Je me liai en revanche avec un Anglais de distinction, Lord Mac-Farlane, qui pendant toute la traverse abusa indignement des instruments de cuivre!
printed (inverted) in black on base u.c.: TERRE DE FER / HB&CIE
impressed (inverted) in base c.l.: H
Accession Number
2012.525
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited