Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Luce Center
Declaration of Independence
Object Number:
1941.126
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 1/2 x 28 in. ( 69.8 x 71.1 cm )
Marks:
printed: allover: "IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776./ THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE THIRTEEN STATES/ OF/ AMERICA/ When in the course of human events..."
Description:
Copperplate-printed silk kerchief with a facimile of the Declaration of Independence, with portraits of Washington, Jefferson, and Adams and the seals of the original 13 states; spread eagles in the lower corners and garlanded stars in the upper; laurel garland border; black ink printed on a yellow ground.
Gallery Label:
This broadside was engraved after an original by William Woodruff, published in Philadelphia in 1818.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
