Museum Collections
Luce Center
Printed Textile of Declaration of War of 1812
Title
Printed Textile of Declaration of War of 1812
Object name
Kerchief
Date
ca. 1815
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 30 x 33 in. ( 76.2 x 83.8 cm )
Description
Cotton copper-engraved kerchief memoralizing the victories of the War of 1812; central vignettes of the Battle of Lake Erie and Champlain surrounded by six vignettes of other naval battles, the signing of the peace at Ghent, portraits of MacDonough and Perry, and two American bald eagle armorials; laural leaf background; printed in turkey red on a white ground; decorative border.
Credit Line
Gift of D. Eugene H. Pool
Object Number
1943.442




