Collection Highlights
Coach
ca. 1770
1911.25
Wood, iron, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Embroidery and lithograph
Title
Embroidery and lithograph
Object name
Flag and photograph
Date
1861-1865
Medium
Silk, paper, paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 20 x 35 x 1 in. ( 50.8 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm )
Description
Silk sewn U.S. campaign flag with thirty-six white embroidered stars in the canton; stenciled inscription in the stripes; photograph of Col. Matthais Ewen to the left of the flag under a paperboard mat; framed.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Donald D. Morgan
Object Number
1963.164
Marks
stenciled: on stripes: "PERMANENT/ PARTY,/ HART ISLAND,/ N. Y. H."
Gallery Label
Col. Mattais Ewen belonged to the 56th Regiment of the New York Volunteers during the Civil War.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.