Priscilla
Artifact ID1981.00042.01
Object Type
Sculpture
Maker
Cybis Studio
(American porcelain manufacturer founded by Boleslaw Cybis, active 1940-2019)
Gifter
Dean I. Harrison
Gifter
Citizens of Dixon, IL
Gifter
Arnold Spangler
Date
1976
Medium
Ceramic (porcelain), Paint
Dimensions13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
Physical DescriptionA ceramic sculpture of a woman carrying a bible in her right hand, flowers in her left hand, and a shawl in her left hand, handpainted by "Cybis Porcelain Company," inscribed on the bottom, "Dutch And Nancy From Your Friends, In Dixon, Illinois," #292 Of 500 Limited Edition.Historical NoteThis sculpture was a part of the Cybis Portraits of Historical Personages Collection, and was produced in 1976 for the United States Bicentennial. Priscilla Alden, born Priscilla Mullins in England around 1602, travelled on the Mayflower in 1620 with her family when she was just eighteen. Her father, step-mother, and brother all died the first year they were in Plymouth. Priscilla married fellow Pilgrim John Alden in 1621. She was the subject of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1858 poem "The Courtship of Miles Standish." Longfellow was himself a descendant of John and Priscilla Alden.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteThe item was a gift from a member of the general public to President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan during the Reagan administration. It was received through the Executive Office of the President Office of Correspondence and maintained there until its transfer to the National Archives in January, 1989 for deposit with the Reagan Presidential Library.
National Archives Catalog CollectionRecords of the White House Gift Unit (Reagan Administration) (National Archives Identifier 6816362) and
National Archives Catalog SeriesGifts from the General Public (National Archives Identifier 6816363)
Use Restriction StatusRestricted - Fully
Use Restriction Note© Cybis 1976
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