Cornell University Library Digital Collections
McKinley It Is God's Way Oval Cast Iron Memorial Platter, ca. 1901
- Title:
- McKinley It Is God's Way Oval Cast Iron Memorial Platter, ca. 1901
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- McKinley, William, American (1843-1901), President
- Date:
- ca. 1901
- ID Number:
- 2214.BB0168
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214BB0168.jpg
- Political Party:
- Republican
- Work Type:
- decorative art (art genre)
metalwork (visual works)
platters
portraits
- Materials/Techniques:
- Cast iron
- Subject:
- Platters
Portraits
McKinley, William
Politics
Commemoratives
Mourning
Religion
Portraits
Leaves
Quotations (texts)
Deaths
- Measurement:
- 25.4 x 18.7325 (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.BB0154 is the same design executed in glass.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Relationships:
- Related to "McKinley "
"It Is Gods Way"
" Glass Portrait 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.
