Porcelain Sandpiper Plate
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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.
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china
plate

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Date:
ca. 1889-1891
Creator:
Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison
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White House Historical Association / Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Collection
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China
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inscribed
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front, lower center
Inscription Text 1:
I do not fear for thee, though wroth / The Tempest rushes through the sky / For are we not God's children both / Thou little sandpiper and I?
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Description:
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.
Identification number:
1113286
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Image
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Digital Library
Presidents and First Families
Fine & Decorative Arts
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White House History Journal No. 41 p.55
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White House Historical Association
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https://www.whitehousehistory.org/press-room/rights-and-reproductions-guidelines

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