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Period: Late 18th Century
Man of the Sandwich Islands, with His Helmet J. Webber del. J.K. Sherwin Sc.
By John Webber
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An English 18 century engraving titled "Man of the Sandwich Islands, with his helmet " signed .J. Webber del. J.K. Sherwin sc. The subject was sk...
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English British Colonial Antique Late 18th Century Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
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Paper
Swiss alp calendar dated 1797
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp calendar
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Swiss Antique Late 18th Century Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
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Antique Silk Broadside An Elegiac Poem Death of President George Washington 1800
Located in Portland, OR
An important & rare antique American political printed silk broadside, an elegy on the death of President George Washington, dated 1800.
A poem on the Death of President George Was...
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Federal Antique Late 18th Century Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
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Early Folk Art American Two Sided Framed Military Drawing with Map
Located in Savannah, GA
This unusual set of drawings in a double sided frame came out of an old New England Estate in a Beacon Hill, Boston home. From what we have gathered...
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American Folk Art Antique Late 18th Century Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
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Glass, Wood, Paper
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Inside the rings is another single ring, in green, with 14, crudely drawn, 8-pointed stars. Even though the the specific words do not appear, each of these images illustrates the basic American concept and motto of "E Pluribus Unum" (out of many, one).
The basic design seen here was a product of Benjamin Franklin and first appeared in public on fractional American colonial currency, printed in Philadelphia by Hall & Sellers in 1776. In the center of similar conjoined rings, which number 13, is another ring inside a 13-pointed sunburst. In the very center are the words "We Are One," surrounded by "American Congress." With the exception of the absence of Vermont and the position of Connecticut, the colonies/states appear in the same order on both this schoolchild watercolor and the Hall & Sellers currency.
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While education bears her gentle sway And we her precepts cheerfully obey; While every breast glows with a generous flame, And Britons [sic] envy our increasing fame;
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A boy by the name of Morris Twitchell was born to Benjamin and Patience (Tucker) Twitchell of Bellingham, Massachusetts in 1774. Morris would have been 17 in 1791 and this would be the correct period.
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