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A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
Date:
1670
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1670.Den
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Curtains (4) and textile fragments (4)
Object Number:
1941.99a-h
Date:
1790-1800
Medium:
Cotton, linen
Marks:
printed: on banner held by Franklin: WHERE LIBERTY / DWELLS THERE IS / MY COUNTRY"
printed: on temple frieze: "TEMPLE OF FAME"
printed: on shield held by allegorical figure seated next to Washington: "AMERICAN / INDEPEND- / -ANCE. / 1776"
Description:
Four cotton copperplate-printed curtains and four related textile fragments with the apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin depicted in red on white ground; additional figures include a personification of liberty standing next to Franklin and a female warrior holding a shield with thirteen stars floating in the air on his opposite side, George Washington standing upright in a chariot drawn by a pair of leopards and led by two Native Americans blowing trumpets and waving banners, and a pair of cupids holding between them an oval map showing the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern half of North America; curtains with linen lining.
Gallery Label:
Three fragments (e, f, and g) are joined together and attached to another fragment of the same pattern (1937.514) to make a complete curtain.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
