Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 2002.637.21
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- circa 1785
- Description:
- Textile fragment. English. Plain-woven cotton, copperplate-printed in red (now brown; 0.5" of one edge still red). Titled "AMERICA PRESENTING AT THE / ALTAR OF LIBERTY, MEDALLIONS / OF HER ILLUSTRIOUS SONS". After etchings by Pierre Eugene du Simitiere (1736-1784), after John Trumbull (1756-1843). Half of Minerva kneeling supporting three medallions of dual profiles, one "GEN. WASHINGTON / B. FRANKLIN", two "S. HUNTINGTON / J. DICKINSON", three "C. THOMPSON / W. DRAYTON". Two female figures face the altar with Commerce standing behind them holding a dual profile medallion of "GEN. GATES / GEN.REED". Two 0.125" hand hemmed edges, two raw edges. See 2004.043.271 for identical print.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-14.5 L-14.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in collection.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Washington, George (1732-1799), Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790), Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826), Huntington, Samuel (1731-1796), Drayton, William Henry (1742-1779), Reed, Joseph (1741-1785), Dickinson, John (1732-1808), Thomson, Charles (1729-1824), Trumbull, John (1756-1843), Gates, Horatio Lloyd (1727-1806), du Simitiere, Pierre Eugene (1736-1784)
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