Collection Highlights
Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Textile yardage
Object Number:
1941.125
Date:
1846-1848
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 85 x 24 1/4 in. ( 215.9 x 61.6 cm )
Description:
Cotton lithographed campaign yardage with an all over equestrian portrait of Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) and a vignette of the Mexican-American War within a floral pattern; printed in blue, brown, sepia, green, and tan ink on a white ground.
Gallery Label:
This yardage was probably made for Zachary Taylor's Presidential campaign of 1848.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
