Collection Highlights
Life studies of the Great Army
Date:
1876
Object Number:
PR.002.Album383
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cotton Textile
Object Number:
1941.663
Date:
1932
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 1/4 x 33 1/4 in. ( 89.5 x 84.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: on banners: "KENTUCKY/ PENNSYLVANIA/ NEW YORK/VIRGINIA/ VERMONT/DELAWARE/ NEW JERSEY/RHODE ISLAND/ CONNECTICUT/ MASSACHUSSETTS/MARYLAND/ GEORGIA"
Description:
Cotton lithographed yardage issued for the bicentennial celebration of George Washington's birth with an allover pattern of muses in floral garlands holding images of Mt. Vernon, a map of North America, a plan of Washington, D.C., and a French chateau.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ollie Scott Butler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
