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Porcelain Sandpiper Plate

This is a porcelain plate decorated with a painting of a sandpiper and a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow painted by First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison. The plate was painted while she served as first lady during her husband Benjamin Harrison's administration. This plate is in the collection of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site.
Artist
Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison
Date of Work
ca. 1889-1891
Type
China
Credit
White House Historical Association / Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Collection
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