Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
ca. 1630
1885.5
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Declaration of Independence
Title
Declaration of Independence
Object name
Kerchief
Date
ca. 1820
Medium
Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 27 1/2 x 28 in. ( 69.8 x 71.1 cm )
Description
Copper-engraved silk kerchief with a facimile of the Declaration of Independence, with portraits of Washington, Jefferson, and Adams and the seals of the original 13 states; spread eagles in the lower cornersand garlanded stars in the upper; laurel garland border; black ink printed on a yellow ground.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1941.126
Marks
printed: allover: "IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776./ THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE THIRTEEN STATES/ OF/ AMERICA/ When in the course of human events..."
Gallery Label
This broadside was engraved after an original by William Woodruff, published in Philadelphia in 1818.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
