Collection Highlights
Dr. John Cheesman and Family with Guests: Silhouette
1840
Z.2567
Black prepared paper cut-outs, laid on beige paper with graphite, brown ink and wash, and white gouache, laid on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Kerchief
Object name
Kerchief
Date
1888
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 22 x 24 in. ( 55.9 x 61 cm )
Description
Cotton lithographed campaign kerchief of Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton with an inscribed red shield in a field of red and white stars; border of stars and inscriptions; four large inscribed stars in the corners; printed in red on a white ground.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
1952.308
Marks
printed: in center: "OUR CHOICE/ HARRISON/ AND/ MORTON"
printed: in stars: "REPUBLICAN/ BANNER/ H'D'K'F."
printed: around border: "PROTECTION AND PROSPERITY/ HOME MARKETS FOR HOME ENTERPRISES/ NO COMPETITION WITH HALF PAID LABOR/ AMERICAN WAGES THE HIGHEST."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
