Sacred to Washington

Ebenezer Cloughca. 1800

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Pillar and arch design featuring monument to George Washington. Rounded arch flanked by Corinthian columns supporting ornate architrave. In opening, a fenced-in altar with inscription "Sacred to Washington", surmounted by urn and eagle, and flanked by mourning figures of Liberty and Justice. In front, trophies of war including arms, drum and flags. Printed in grisaille on originally blue, now gray ground.

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Title: Sacred to Washington
Creator: Ebenezer Clough
Date Created: ca. 1800
Physical Dimensions: w530 x h1220 cm
Type: Sidewall
Rights: Gift of the children of the late Edith Parsons Morgan
Medium: Block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper
Provenance: From a house in Sandsfield (near Otis), Massachusetts.
Exhibitions: New Jersey, NJ, The Newark Museum, "Classical America, 1815-1845", April 26 - Sept. 2, 1963, no. 182.Washington, D.C., National Coll. of Fine Art, Smithsonian Institution, "Treasures from the Cooper Union Museum", July 13 - Sept. 24, 1967, p. 23, no. 80.London, England, Victoria & Albert Museum / The Art Council of Great Britain, "An American Museum of Decorative Art and Design. Designs from the Collection of Cooper-Hewitt, New York", June 14 - August 12, 1973, cat. no. 203, p. 98.New York, NY, The Brooklyn Museum, "Art of Decoration. Drawings and Objects from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum", Dec. 18 1973 - Feb. 3, 1974, cat. no. 203, p. 98.
Dimensions: H x W: 122 x 53cm (48 1/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Bibliography: "Wallpaper and Wall Coverings", Aug. 1960, vol.XLV, No. 8, p. 88.Cooper Union Museum, "Chronicle", vol. 3, nos. 1-3, Oct. 1961, "Wallpaper: A Picture Book...", p. 17.Cooper Union Museum. "Recent acquisitions by the Cooper Union Museum, a picture book in honor of Calvin S. Hathaway", New York, 1964, p. 30.Robert L. Cooley, Ed., "America's Folk Art", Wankesha, Wis., publ. by Country Beautiful, Fdn., Inc.1968, p. 152."Antiques Magazine", September 1924, pgs. 138-9.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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