Printed cotton: America Presenting at the Altar of Liberty Medallions of her Illustrious Sons

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Printed cotton: America Presenting at the Altar of Liberty Medallions of her Illustrious Sons

English

about 1785

Object Place: England

Medium/Technique Cotton plain weave; copperplate printed

Dimensions 68 x 128 cm (26 3/4 x 50 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Phillips Ketchum

Accession Number56.229

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles

ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionMade up of three pieces joined together, printed in red. Fame with a trumpet holds a wreath over the head of Washington, America kneeling at the Altar of Liberty presents medallions with double portraits.

Provenance"America, presenting at the Altar of Liberty, Medallions of her Illustrious Sons"
(after Pierre Eugene du Simitière)