Cornell University Library Digital Collections
McKinley It Is Gods Way Glass Portrait Platter, ca. 1901
- Title:
- McKinley It Is Gods Way Glass Portrait Platter, ca. 1901
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- McKinley, William, American (1843-1901), Deceased
- Date:
- ca. 1901
- ID Number:
- 2214.BB0154
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214BB0154.jpg
- Political Party:
- Republican
- Work Type:
- decorative art (art genre)
glassware
portraits
platters
- Materials/Techniques:
- Glass
Casting
- Subject:
- Glassware
Portraits
Platters
McKinley, William
Deaths
Mourning
Politics
Portraits
Religion
Quotations (texts)
Leaves
- Measurement:
- 26.9875 x 20.6375 (Platter) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Memorial platter bears the inscriptions IT IS GODS WAY / HIS WILL BE DONE (McKinley's last words) and BORN / 1843 / DIED / 1901. Item 2214.BB0168 is the same design executed in cast iron.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Relationships:
- Related to "McKinley "
"It Is God's Way"
" Oval Cast Iron Memorial Platter, ca. 1901"
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
