Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
American Flag with 34 Stars
Object Number:
1938.54
Date:
1793
Dimensions:
Overall: 59 x 117 in. ( 149.9 x 297.2 cm )
Marks:
handwritten: on hoist: "ALEX .L. McALISTER"
Description:
Cotton U.S. flag with thirty-four stars, originally thirty-two, in a printed blue canton (four rows of eight stars, two sewn on later); red and white stripes; white hoist with metal grommets at each end; hoist inscribed: "ALEX .L. McALISTER" in brown ink.
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
