American. <em>Plate (William McKinley)</em>, 1901. Glass, 1 1/8 x 8 x 10 5/8 in. (2.9 x 20.3 x 27 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.174. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.174_bw.jpg)

American. Plate (William McKinley), 1901. Glass, 1 1/8 x 8 x 10 5/8 in. (2.9 x 20.3 x 27 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.174. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.174_bw.jpg)

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Plate (William McKinley)

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

CULTURE American

MEDIUM Glass

Place Manufactured: United States

DATES 1901

DIMENSIONS 1 1/8 x 8 x 10 5/8 in. (2.9 x 20.3 x 27 cm) (show scale)

INSCRIPTIONS Molded in center to the figure's proper right and proper left, respectively: "Born 1843" and "Died 1901". Molded around bouge: "IT IS GOD'S WAY" (top) and "HIS WILL BE DONE" (bottom)

COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design

ACCESSION NUMBER 40.174

CREDIT LINE Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Oval colorless pressed glass; in center, full-length portrait of President William A. McKinley holding a scroll and set against a stippled background which contains his birth and death dates (1843-1901). McKinley's dying words molded around bouge, "IT IS GOD'S WAY / HIS WILL BE DONE". The rim is decorated with laurel branches.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

CAPTION American. Plate (William McKinley), 1901. Glass, 1 1/8 x 8 x 10 5/8 in. (2.9 x 20.3 x 27 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.174. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.174_bw.jpg)

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