Collection Highlights
Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
1859
S-229
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Convention ribbon with envelope
Object name
Convention ribbon with envelope
Date
1840
Medium
Silk, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 7 5/8 x 4 in. ( 19.4 x 10.2 cm )
Description
White printed silk satin ribbon with machine-sewn paper backin. Depicting Washington's monument encircled by stars with inscription "YOUNG MENS NATIONAL/WHIG CONVENTION/Held in BALTIMORE 4 mAY 1840"; Washington astride a rearing horse with inscription above "Washington the Father of his Country/HARRISON a Chip of the Old Block"; below two men are shaking hands outside farmhouse with wooden barrel inscribed "HARD CIDER" with inscription above "The hero of Tippecanoe, The Farmer of North Bend". Rectangular envelope of buff laid paper.
Object Number
INV.7397
Marks
Inscription: front of envelope, in graphite: "University of The/State of New York/1830/(N.Y.U.?)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
