The Flag That Waved One Hundred Years by E.P. & L. Restein
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Object Details
- copyright holder
- Munyon, J. M.
- E.P. & L. Restein
- publisher
- National Chromo Company
- graphic artist
- Fabronius, Dominique C.
- Description
- The subtitle, “A Scene on the Morning of the Fourth Day of July 1876,” dates the image to Centennial celebrations in Washington D.C. This inclusive chromolithograph depicts a black man, a white man, two women, and a child raising an American flag on a rooftop or terrace overlooking the U.S .Capitol. This chromolithograph was drawn by immigrant artist Dominique C. Fabronius and produced by E. P. & L. Restein. Its idealized view of America would have been popular as a Centennial commemorative.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- 1876
- ID Number
- DL.60.2586
- catalog number
- 60.2586
- accession number
- 228146
- Object Name
- chromolithograph
- Object Type
- Chromolithograph
- Physical Description
- ink (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 20 in x 16 in; 50.8 cm x 40.64 cm
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Related Publication
- Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone
- Marzio, Peter. The Democratic Art
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- Art
- Peters Prints
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
- Children
- Chronology: 1870-1879
- Blacks
- Holidays and Celebrations, general
- Record ID
- nmah_472961
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-dcc6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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