Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Luce Center
Campaign kerchief
Object Number:
1944.146
Date:
1864
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 3/4 x 26 in. ( 55.2 x 66 cm )
Marks:
printed: below portrait: "PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN"
Description:
Cotton copper-engraved campaign kerchief with center portrait of Abraham Lincoln in a laurel leaf garland with a shield; starred background; oak-leaf border with American bald eagle armorials; circular cartouches in the coners with clasped hands and American flags above; sepia, black. and red ink on a white ground.
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was likely printed in 1864 to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's re-election as President. The central image of Lincoln is after the well-known photographic portrait by Mathew Brady. In each of the four corners, clasped hands and waving flags symbolize Lincoln's promise of a unified nation.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
