Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
1859
S-225
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Scarf: Great Exhibition of 1851-view of hall, portraits...
Title
Scarf: Great Exhibition of 1851-view of hall, portraits...
Object name
Kerchief
Date
1851
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 30 1/4 x 31 1/2 in. ( 76.8 x 80 cm )
Description
Cotton copper-engraved kerchief with an image of the Crystal Palace (the main building at the Great Exposition of 1851) in the center and and four medallion portraits around, two each of Victoria and Albert; border of flags and standard of contributing nations and merchantile groups; printed with red, blue, and black ink on a white ground.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Desire
Object Number
1951.42
Marks
printed: below vignette: "EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE BUILDING FOR THE GREAT EXPOSITION OF 1851."
printed: on border: "AMERICAN ENSIGN AND PENANT/ American Jack/ Central States of America/ Danish Merehead/ in the Mediterranean/ URUGUAY Republic/ Spanish Philipenne Comy/ RUSSIAN STANDARD/ Kingdom of poland/ Tuscan Merchant/..."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
