Collection Highlights
Totius Neobelgii Nova Et Accuratissima Tabula
Date:
After 1674
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M31.1.28
Medium:
Engraving, hand colored
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Luce Center
Commemorative ribbon
Object Number:
INV.4580
Date:
1863
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 34 x 6.4 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: ribbon reverse, top edge, woven in black: "WARNER MFG. CO. PATERSON. N.J."
Description:
Polychrome jaquard woven silk ribbon (bookmark) with bottom edge folded to a point with red silk thread tassel suspended below; depicting Abraham Lincoln in a floral cartouche surmounted by an eagle holding stars and stripes shield in talons with rippling flag with banner "E Pluribus Unum." above. Cartouche above scroll inscribed in black: "EMANCIPATION PROC[LAMATION]/ABRAHAM LINCOLN"; below inscription in red and blue: "WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE,/WITH CHARITY FOR ALL, WITH/FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT, LET/US FINISH THE WORK WE ARE IN, TO/BIND UP THE NATION'S WOUNDS,/TO CARE FOR HIM WHO SHALL HAVE/BORNE THE BATTLE, AND FOR HIS/WIDOW AND HIS ORPHANS; TO DO/ALL WHICH MAY ACHIEVE AND/CHERISH A JUST AND LASTING/PEACE AMONG OURSELVES/AND WITH ALL/NATIONS."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
