Two Hat Plates

Arts of the Americas

1810–30

Artist unknown (American, 19th century)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Artist unknown
Title: Two Hat Plates
Place: United States (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1810–1830
Medium: Tin and paint
Dimensions: Each: 21 × 15.9 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
Reference Number: 1950.1837.1-2
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Milo M. Naeve, “American Art and the Great Seal,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 70, 4 (July–August, 1976), 10 (ill.). (As theatrical footlight.)

Elizabeth Vaughan (born Tyson, 1871–1949), South Berwick, ME, and Sherborn, MA, by 1949 [incoming permanent receipt R9946, Jan. 11, 1950; copy in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1950.

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