Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Flag on flagstaff
Object Number:
1969.3.5
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Silk, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 12 1/4 x 17 3/4 in. ( 31.1 x 45.1 cm )
flagstaff: 32 x 3/8 in. ( 81.3 x 1 cm )
Description:
Blue silk flag printed with the State seal of New York; shield with an image of the sun rising over mountains and a river with two boats on it, on either side of the shield are personifcations of Liberty holding a staff topped with a liberty cap and Justice blindfolded holding the scales in one hand and a sword in the other, above the shield is a spread eagle surmounting a globe and below is a banner inscribed, "EXCELSIOR"; stapled to a black painted flagstaff with a conical gold finial.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York State Court of the National Society of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
