Collection Highlights
The Indian Hunter
1860
1939.390
Brown patinated bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Printed textile
Title
Printed textile
Object name
Broadside
Date
April 21, 1820
Medium
Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 14 1/2 in. ( 53.3 x 36.8 cm )
Description
Copper-engraved silk broadside with a poem eulogizing Commodore Stephan Decatur; headship of a monument with naval emblems and frigates with the poem in two columns below within a decorative collonade; printed in black ink on a white ground.
Credit Line
Gift of Isaac F. Wood, 1881
Object Number
INV.1143
Marks
printed: all over: "SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE LATE/ COMMODORE STEPHAN DECATUR./ High on the wave the warrior rode,/ As rushing o'er the billowy flood,/ ..."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
