Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
Date:
1835-1836
Object Number:
1858.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Luce Center
Banner
Object Number:
1939.565
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 22 in. ( 31.1 x 55.9 cm )
Marks:
painted: center: "MANASSAS/ AUGUST 29 AND 30, 1862."
Description:
White cotton chintz banner with light blue painted scrolls in the left top and right bottom corners; inscribed, "MANASSAS/ AUGUST 29 AND 30, 1862." at a diagonal in blue letters across the banner; red, white and blue fringe on the fly end; red, white and blue ribbon ties at both ends of the hoist.
Gallery Label:
This banner is part of a set of Civil War banners memorializing twenty-two battles of the Civil War. They were given to the 79th Regiment, Scottish Highlanders, New York State Volunteers, by the United States War Department.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
