Flag

Title:

"Thirteen Colony Flag, Major General Artemas Ward, Shrewbury, Massachusetts

Object Name:

Flag

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

late19thcentury

Material:

cloth (cotton?) Letter on back identifies the material as "bunting"

Dimensions:

H-4.75 L-21 Dia-7 inches
Flag dimensions:
Width: 18 �"
Height: 11 �"

Description:

Small framed flag of the United States with thirteen stars. Label in frame reads: "Thirteen Colony Flag, Major General Artemas Ward, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts". Flag is within an off white mat under a gold frame. Date is late 19th C. A letter is taped to the back of the frame stating that the flag was researched by the Flag Research Center in 1996 and determined to date to the 19th C. therefore the flag could not have belonged to Artemas Ward.

Provenance:

Provenance is unknown. Its history is not known as the only information is from the frame.

Although the flag is labeled as belonging to Major General Artemas Ward, a soldier in the American Revolution and later congressman of Massachusetts, its manufacture actually dates to the late 1800s. Even so, it is still an unusual flag. Most flags of this size and time period were made by printing the design onto cloth, but this flag has been sewed together. It is possible, then, that this was a specially made flag for a parade, a float, or put on display for some special occasion.

Subjects:

Flags

People:

Ward, Artemus, Ward, General Artemus

Place of Origin:

United States

Collection Name:

Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire

Item Number:

2007.055

Accession Number:

2007.055

Type of Material:

Objects

Copyright Statement:

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Credit Line:

American Independence Museum

Participating Organization:

American Independence Museum