Collection Highlights

Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)

Date:

ca. 1825

Object Number:

1920.5

Medium:

Watercolor on ivory

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Title

Pennant:red

Object name

Pennant

Date

1864

Medium

Wool, linen, jute rope, wooden button

Dimensions

Overall: 21 1/2 x 63 in. ( 54.6 x 160 cm )

Description

Red wool pennant with a linen hoist strung through with a jute rope; rope ends in a wooden button.

Credit Line

Gift of Henry O. Havemeyer

Object Number

1944.349

Marks

printed: on hoist: "MEAL/ U.S.S. KEARSARGE"

Gallery Label

This pennant was used on the U.S.S. Kearsarge, which fought the Confederate ship "Alabama," to signal meal times.

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.