Samuel Slater, The Father of American Manufacturers (Handkerchief)
Date:
1890
Artist:
Engraved by James Provan & Son’s (American, active 1890s) after a portrait by James Sullivan Lincoln (American, 1811–1888) Manufactured by Cranston Print Works Co. (American, active 1890) United States, Rhode Island, Cranston
Samuel Slater, The Father of American Manufacturers (Handkerchief)
Place
Rhode Island (Object made in)
Date
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"Samuel Slater the Father of American Manufacturers. / Crescit Subpondere Virtus / Pawtucket Falls and Bridge.1890. / Old Slater Sunday School Pawtucket, R.I. First Sunday School in America / David Harley & Co., Merchants Exhange Park Place and Main Street Pawtucket, R.I. / Old Slater Mill. Pawtucket, R.I. First Cotton Mill in America. / Engrved at James Provan & Sons, Prov. R.I. / Cranston Printworks Co. Cranston, R.I. Printers."
Dimensions
58.2 × 66.7 cm (22 7/8 × 26 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Howell B. Erminger, Jr.
Reference Number
1965.778
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Mayer, Christa Charlotte, Masterpieces of Western Textiles from the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, 1969, p. 213, no. 168.
Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces of Western Textiles, Jan. 25–Mar. 2, 1969.
The Art Institute of Chicago, American Textiles, May 12–October 31, 1971
The Art Institute of Chicago, Commemorative Printed Fabrics from the Permanent Collection, August 31, 1987–January 15, 1988
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, America the Beautiful: Textiles from the Permanent Collection, Mar. 6–Jul. 21, 1996.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 141, “Commemorative Events on Cloth,” May 6–July 16, 2006
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