Collection Highlights
Flags on 57th Street, Winter of 1918
1918
1984.68
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Painted textile
Title
Painted textile
Object name
Banner
Date
1745
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 25 x 29 1/4 in. ( 63.5 x 74.3 cm )
Description
Cotton painted banner with a figure of Britannia seated on the shore, holding a staff and leaning on a shield with the British flag on it; frigate sailing in sea to her left; painted with red, blue, pink, brown and yellow on off-white border.
Credit Line
Gift of John Stark
Object Number
X.90
Marks
painted: at top: "BRITAN - NIA"
Gallery Label
This banner was carried at the siege of Louisbourgh in 1745, under the expedition of Sir William Pepperell.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
