Menu
Object number2013.41.9
Date1888
MediumSilk, paint
Credit LineGift of George Westinghouse IV
DescriptionHand-painted, yellow, silk menu. Transparent cover that has an image of the back of a gray and white cat sitting on a post near a fence, looking out toward a green landscape with a small hill, trees, and body of water to the right. In brown/raised gold lettering across the top of the menu has place name, monogram, and person's name.Dimensions11.062 x 9.375 in. (28.1 x 23.8 cm)InscriptionsIn brown/raised gold lettering across the top of the menu reads: "SoLITUDE (symbol of a M over top of an E with a W crown over the top) MonSIEUR / GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE / III".
Text of the menu:
"MENU / Crevettes / Potage creme d'orge / Bouchees a la Reine / Saumon, sauce Hollandaise / Vol-au-vent, financiere / Petits pois / PUNCH A LA ROMAINE / Filet de boeuf, sauce madere / Asperges / Pigeons rotis, sauce au pain / Salade de laitue / Pouding aus frutis / Glace en surprise / Dessert / Le 27 Juin, 1888."
Historical NotesMenu from celebration held at Solitude, the Westinghouse estate in the Homewood section of Pittsburgh. Menu was for George Westinghouse III, who was the son of George Westinghouse Jr., and his wife Marguerite.
Related person
George Westinghouse III
Related person
Marguerite Erskine Walker Westinghouse
(1842 - 1914)
Related person
George Westinghouse Jr.
(1846 - 1914)
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