Mother's Banner of Love and Comfort

1845

Rebecca Landon

Associated Names
Rebecca Landon

Artist, American, active 1845

The image contains various geometric shapes such as triangles, diamonds, and ovals, with a central rectangular grid. The arrangement of these shapes and the text within and around them forms an abstract composition. The triangular shapes resemble peaks, while the grid in the center is reminiscent of a scoreboard or graph paper. The ovals at the bottom contain densely packed text. Small ornate tree-like forms are dispersed throughout the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and blue and red ink on paper mounted on cotton fabric

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

  • Dimensions

    sight size: 59.8 x 44.8 cm (23 9/16 x 17 5/8 in.)
    framed: 69.8 x 54.9 cm (27 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.83.29

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1970

  • Gift of Inspiration: Religious Art of the Shakers, Hancock Shaker Village, Hancock, MA, June 27 - October 15, 1970, no. 26.

1979

  • Women Artists in Washington Collections, University of Maryland Art Gallery; Women's Caucus for Art College Park, Maryland, January 18 - February 25, 1979, no. 45.

Bibliography

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974: 218.

1983

  • Patterson, Daniel W. Gift Drawing and Gift Song: A Study of Two Forms of Shaker Inspiration. Sabbathday Lake, Maine, 1983: 94,

Inscriptions

entirely covered with script in pen and blue ink, with some pen and red ink

Wikidata ID

Q64620248