Collection Highlights
Portrait of two girls
Date:
Object Number:
PR.012.1.326.Box12
Medium:
Ambrotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Flag mounted in frame:Amer.Flag Motif w/animal images,slogan
Object Number:
INV.14349
Date:
ca. 1844
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/4 x 28 1/4 in. ( 46.4 x 71.8 cm )
Marks:
printed: on stripes: "HARRY/ CLAY"
printed: in canton: "HOW ARE YOU MAT./ MY SUFFERING IS/ INTOLERABLE."
Description:
Block printed silk flag campaign kerchief of Henry Clay with a vignette with a racoon flaying another animal and stars in the canton; printed in red, blue and black on a white ground.
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was made for the presidential campaign of Henry Clay in 1844 or 1848.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
