Painting
- Title:
- New Hampshire Centennial Shield
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 1876
- Material:
- Paper
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-38.5 W-33 D-4.75 inches
- Description:
- New Hampshire Centennial Shield, unknown artist, 1876. Oil on artist board with metal edging. Shield is curved. Upper third painted blue with 37 gold stars; lower two-thirds with vertical alternating red and white stripes. Large circle just above center with a painting of the New Hampshire state seal: a ship being built on the shore to the left, two men point in foreground point toward sunset, and sun rising over the ocean. Two-pronged metal hanger attached to reverse.
- Provenance:
- Used on the New Hampshire Building at the Centennial International Exposition in Philadelphia, PA, 1876.
- Subjects:
- Centennial, Centennial celebrations, Exhibitions, Expositions, Fairs, World's fairs, State seal (NH), Shields
- Collection Name:
- Inventory
- Item Number:
- 1879.007
- Accession Number:
- 1879.007
- Type of Material:
- Objects
- Copyright Statement:
- For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the New Hampshire Historical Society
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Benjamin F. Prescott
- Participating Organization:
- New Hampshire Historical Society
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