Collection Highlights
View of Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, New York
after 1883
1904.22
Black ink, white gouache, and graphite on photo-sensitive paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Printed fabric
Title
Printed fabric
Object name
Textile yardage
Date
1846-1848
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 85 x 24 1/4 in. ( 215.9 x 61.6 cm )
Description
Cotton lithographed campaign yardage with an all over equestrian portrait of Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) and a vignette of the Mexican-American War within a floral pattern; printed in blue, brown, sepia, green, and tan ink on a white ground.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1941.125
Gallery Label
This yardage was probably made for Zachary Taylor's Presidential campaign of 1848.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
