Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Kerchief
Object Number:
1941.637
Date:
1941
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/2 x 25 in. ( 64.8 x 63.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: all over: "WE HAVE THE ENEMY AND THEY ARE OURS/ PERRY - BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE/ IF THAT FELLOW WANTS TO FIGHT WE WON'T DISSAPOINT HIM./ HULL - U.S.S. CONSITUTION 1811/ "NEVER" SURRENDER!/ U.S.S. J.L. LUCKENBACH/ ..."
Description:
Rayon printed kerchief with famous naval quotations printed all over the center in white on a ground split into two triangles of red and blue; border of naval flags printed in red white and blue.
Credit Line:
Gift of Echo Scarfs
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
