Collection Highlights
The Draft Riots in New York- The Battle in Second Avenue
Date:
1863
Object Number:
PR.020.100.4
Medium:
Wood Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Kerchief
Object Number:
1942.534
Date:
1800-1820
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 x 27 3/4 in. ( 83.8 x 70.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: in medallion: "IN CONGRESS, JULY 4th. 1776./ THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES./ OF AMERICA/ When in the course of human events, ..."
printed: above portraits: "JEFFERSON/ WASHINGTON/ ADAMS"
printed: below vignettes: "Gen.
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence and signatures in a medallion of oak leaves with the state seals of the thirteen original colonies and portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams; flags and an American bald eagle at the top; images of the Boston Tea party and the Surrender at Saratoga in the bottom corners; border of cannons and anchors; printed in sepia ink on a white ground.
Gallery Label:
A privately owned copy of this kerchief has a history of being purchased in Boston in 1797/8.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
