Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Embroidered emblem
Object Number:
1948.435
Date:
1876
Medium:
Cardboard, silk, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 20 5/8 in. ( 20.3 x 52.4 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: left center in various colors: "1776"
embroidered: right center in various colors: "1876"
printed: reverse, top center: "FROM / ABRAHAM AND / STRAUS / BROOKLYN / PICTURES / PICTURE FRAMES / AND / ARTISTS' MATERIALS / ...HAND AND TO ORDER
Description:
Horizontal rectangular centennial emblem with eagle, U.S. flags, cannon, cannonballs, and sword, embroidered in various colors of silk thread onto perforated cardboard; eagle has glass bead eye.
Gallery Label:
The picture frame, probably original, bears a label from Abraham and Straus in Brooklyn.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elizabeth Morris Bennet
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
