Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1996.507.48
- Creator:
- Manchester Print Works
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- 1872
- Description:
- Presidential campaign textile fragment, Horace Greeley, 1872. Printed cotton; red, white, and dark brown in alternating vertical rows. "HG" repeating in three rows; top hat and spectacles repeating in three rows; sickle and hatchet repeating in two rows. Stitched to paper inscribed in ink, "This print was issued in 1872 / when Horace Greeley was a candidate / for the Presidency. The hat and / glasses were often used in cari- / cature. The implements referred to / his work, 'What I Know of Farming.' / The initials H.G. make another stripe. / Made at Manchester (N.H.) Print Works."
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-3.75 W-4.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Greeley, Horace (1811-1872)
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