Collection Highlights
Totius Neobelgii Nova Et Accuratissima Tabula
Date:
After 1674
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M31.1.28
Medium:
Engraving, hand colored
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Flag: "NESCIT PERICULA" with/crest
Object Number:
INV.12292
Date:
1850--1900
Medium:
Satin, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 48 x 48 in. ( 121.9 x 121.9 cm )
Marks:
painted: in center: "NESCIT PERICULA"
Description:
Reproduction Revolutionary War Hessian colors (possibly the Landspatch, Kniphausen or Rahl battalions); black ground with a gilt circle surrounded by a laurel wreath in the center bearing a lion rampant with a dagger in his paw with the inscription "NESCIT PERICULA" above his head within a banner; crown crest topped by a globe and cross above the medallion; in the four cotton corners are gilt crowned laurel wreaths with the intials "FL" in thier centers.
Credit Line:
Charles M. Lefferts Collection, 1923
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
