Oval Coach Decoration of the Massachusetts State Crest and Motto
Unknown American, American
about 1830
Oil on copper
Overall: 10 1/4 × 13 7/8 in. (26 × 35.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
P.935.1.64
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, surrounding center crest: Ense Petit PLACIDAM Sub Libertate Quietum (Translation: "By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty")
Exhibition History
New England Folk Painters, The White Mountain School, Littleton, New Hampshire, September 21-September 25, 1977.
Provenance
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948), New York; given to present collection, 1935.
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