Plate

Ralph Stevenson & Williams

ca. 1825–ca. 1827 · Earthenware, transfer-printed · The American Wing

This blue and white transfer-printed earthenware plate possibly made by the Staffordshire firm of Ralph Stevenson & Williams features a view of the City Hotel located on the west side of Broadway between Thames and Cedar Streets in New York. Built in 1794 with five storeys and seventy-eight rooms, the City Hotel was New York's most famous early hotel and perhaps the first American structure built and used solely as a hotel.

Artist

Ralph Stevenson & Williams

Date

ca. 1825–ca. 1827

Medium

Earthenware, transfer-printed

Culture

British (American market)

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Bequest of Mary Mandeville Johnston, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. S. Johnston, 1914