Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414b
Medium:
Glass
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General Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Campaign Ribbon
Object Number:
INV.2859.1
Date:
1865
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/16 x 1 9/16 in. ( 13.8 x 4 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: woven in black at lower back of ribbon: "COVENTRY. /T. STEVENS"
Description:
Woven white silk ribbon with multi-colored woven pattern consisting of text and pictorial images; bust-length portrait of Ulysses Grant at center with text in blue, purple and black: "RICHMOND/1865/Vicksburg/Fort Donelson" [above] and "GENERAL U.S. GRANT/"I will fight it out/on this line" [below]; beneath is American eagle in round medallion surrounded by American standards.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
