Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Washington The Love of Truth Mark the Boy Textile, ca. 1806
- Title:
- Washington The Love of Truth Mark the Boy Textile, ca. 1806
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- Washington, George, American (1732-1799), Boy
- Date:
- ca. 1806
- ID Number:
- 2214.TX0046
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214TX0046.jpg
- Political Party:
- Federalist
- Work Type:
- textiles (visual works)
portraits
wall hangings
poems
- Materials/Techniques:
- Linen
- Subject:
- Portraits
Wall hangings
Poems
Washington, George
Children
Truth
Cherry trees
Axes
Families
Houses
Father and son
Group portraits
Commemoratives
- Measurement:
- 31.75 x 29.845 (Textile) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Textile contains a poem relating the story of George Washington and the cherry tree. Item donor Susan H. Douglas's records indicate there is a similar blue and white textile in the New York Historical Society collections that is dated to ca. 1806.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
