Collection Highlights
Kast
1675-1690
1941.914
Walnut, walnut veneer, elm, oak, ebony
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Flag
Object name
Flag
Date
1844
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 27 x 55 1/2 in. ( 68.6 x 141 cm )
Description
U.S. presidential campaign flag of Henry Clay; medallion portrait of Henry Clay (1777-1852) in the blue printed canton surrounded by a laurel wreath and a ring of twenty-two stars and four stars in the corners; thirteen red and white stripes with the inscription, "CLAY/ FRELINGHUYSEN./ MARKLE/ & PROTECTIVE TARIFF" in the center of the fly; white cotton hoist with cotton ties at each end and in the center.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1941.109
Marks
printed: center of fly: "CLAY/ FRELINGHUYSEN./ MARKLE/ & PROTECTIVE TARIFF"
Gallery Label
This presidential campaign flag of 1844, advocated the whig candidacy of Henry Clay and Thomas Frelinghuysen for President and Vice President. They lost this campaign to James K. Polk.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
