Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ribbon
Object Number:
INV.3095
Medium:
metal, cloth
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 2 1/2 x in. ( 20.3 x 6.4 x 0 cm )
Description:
Black rectangular ribbon with metal pin-back at top and embossed with silver text and decorations. Central image of a silver eagle standing on cannons, a red, white and blue cloth American flag pasted below it, and a silver badge containing the words "GRAND ARMY OF THE RPUBLIC/1861 VETERAN 1866" below the flag. Above this image are the words "IN MEMORIAM," and below it is printed "RYERSON/Post, No. 77/New Jersey." Metal pin-back embossed with "G. A. R."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
