Collection Highlights
Study for "Departure of the Seventh Regiment for the War, April 19, 1861"
c. 1865-69
1946.174
Oil over graphite on brown paper, varnished, laid on heavy board, nailed and mounted on a wood panel
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Banner
Object name
Banner
Date
1865-1875
Medium
Cotton chintz
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/4 x 22 in. ( 31.1 x 55.9 cm )
Description
White cotton chintz banner with light blue painted scrolls in the left top and right bottom corners; inscribed, "MANASSAS/ AUGUST 29 AND 30, 1862." at a diagonal in blue letters across the banner; red, white and blue fringe on the fly end; red, white and blue ribbon ties at both ends of the hoist.
Credit Line
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Object Number
1939.565
Marks
painted: center: "MANASSAS/ AUGUST 29 AND 30, 1862."
Gallery Label
This banner is part of a set of Civil War banners memorializing twenty-two battles of the Civil War. They were given to the 79th Regiment, Scottish Highlanders, New York State Volunteers, by the United States War Department.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
