Design for an Emblem of the United States of America
c. 1860
Artist, American, 1824 - 1879
Artwork overview
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Medium
brush and black ink with wash over graphite on paperboard
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Membership Association Fund)
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Dimensions
image (irregular): 13.65 × 22.23 cm (5 3/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
sheet: 26.67 × 40.01 cm (10 1/2 × 15 3/4 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.754
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Victor Spark, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1951; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1981
Early America on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1750-1850, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981
Bibliography
1965
Michel, Bernard E. "Christian Schussele: Portrayer of America." Moravian Historical Society Transactions 20 (1965): pp. 249-267.
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 41, no. 287.
Inscriptions
lower left in black ink: C.S.; lower right in black wash: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; lower right edge in graphite: C. Schussele; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 6/6vo-2
Wikidata ID
Q64539930