Betsey [sic] Ross – Antique Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Betsey [sic] Ross, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Betsey [sic] Ross
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A color print of Betsy Ross, made around 1908 from a painting by G. Liebscher, shows the Philadelphia upholsterer (1752-1836) whom family tradition credits with sewing the first American flag. Her grandson, William Canby, presented that account to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1870, and historians have since questioned it. By the time this print appeared, under a copyright held by F.A. Schneider, the story was a staple of school lessons and patriotic display, and images like this one helped keep it in circulation.
| Created / published | c1908. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph(?), color. |
| Genre | Prints Color 1900-1910. |
| Notes | From painting by G. Liebscher. Copyright by F.A. Schneider. |
| Subjects | Ross, Betsy,--1752-1836. Flags--American--1770-1780. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,500 × 3,695 px · prints to 8 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217035 |
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