Collection Highlights
Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
1859
S-229
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Kerchief
Object name
Kerchief
Date
1892
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 18 3/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 47.6 x 48.9 cm )
Description
Cotton copper-engraved campaign kerchief with portraits of Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid in a garland with flags and banners on either side and an American bald eagle with the U.S. shield protecting a ship and a factory below; inscribe at top; printed in black in on a white ground.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
1952.303
Marks
printed: at top: "PROTECTION AND RECIPROCITY."
printed: below portraits: "FOR PRESIDENT/ BENJAMIN HARRISON/ FOR VICE PRESIDENT/ WHITELAW REID"
Gallery Label
This kerchief was made for the 1892 Presidential and Vice Presidential campaigns of Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
