Collection Highlights
Badge of the Society of the Cincinnati
ca. 1802
1972.12ab
Silk, gold, enamel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Printed textile of George Washington and horse
Title
Printed textile of George Washington and horse
Object name
Kerchief
Date
ca. 1819
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 27 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. ( 69.8 x 59.7 cm )
Description
Cotton copper-engraved kerchief with a full length portrait of George Washington with a horse after the "Dorchester Heights" portrait of Washington by Gilbert Stuart; border of twenty-one stars in squares divided by American bald eagles; printed in sepia ink on a white ground.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1952.61
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
