Collection Highlights
Architect's Sign
Date:
ca. 1837
Object Number:
1953.197
Medium:
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Declaration of Independence
Object Number:
1941.100
Date:
ca. 1876
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/2 x 22 1/4 in. ( 52.1 x 56.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: at center: "Declaration/ of / Independence./ When, in the course of human events, it becomes neccessary.../..."
printed: on bell: "PROCLAIM/ LIBERTY/ THROUGHOUT ALL THE/ LAND/ UNTO ALL THEE/ INHABITANTS THEREOF"
printed: on garland: "WASHINGTON
Description:
Cotton copperplate-printed kerchief with the text of the Declaration of Independence and a facsimile of the signatures; garland border with armorials of the thirteen original states and the Liberty Bell; printed in sepia ink on a white ground; blue border.
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 200.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
