Soup Plate

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image is of a Soup Plate by artist Thomas F. McAnulty. The plate is round and white. The plate's edge features a raised design with a pattern of curved shapes resembling scrollwork or leaves. Inside the edge design, there are two concentric circles; the inner circle is plain and the outer one has a small repeating pattern. Inside these circles is a black-and-white painted scene depicting a river or stream running through a rural landscape with trees and foliage. The background of the image behind the plate is plain and light-colored.