Henry Clay: Spectacular 1844 Presidential Campaign Flag

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Henry Clay: Spectacular 1844 Presidential Campaign Flag:
$25000.00

1844 Henry Clay portrait campaign Flag.

Extremely large 52 x 30.5 inches.

Extraordinary quality. Linen. The Flag has been conserved by the country’s top master in the field at a cost of thousands to preserve and present in this ideal museum-quality manner.

I’m going to assume that anyone looking at or considering this Flag knows exactly what they are looking at and the photos are self-explanatory! But if you have any questions of course I am happy to answer them.

This Flag is the plate specimen from the Hake book. It was previously a part of the Kenton Broyles Collection. I purchased this Flag right off the wall in person directly from Kenton Broyles over 30 years ago. It has never before been offered.

I was asked who executed the conservation and how the Flag is affixed. These are the answers:

The conservation was executed by Virginia Whelan of Filaments conservation service in Merion station, Pennsylvania. She has done textiles for many museums (I think even the Smithsonian but I just can’t remember; her resume is very substantial and there is an incredible demand/wait for her museum-caliber services).

With reference to mounting, here is a cut-and-paste from her report: A padded mount was made with a sealed wooden strainer with crossbars that was covered with Coroplast boards and a layer of polyester batting covered with 100% cotton cover. The cotton was secured to the back of the mount with BEVA film. The Flag was positioned on the mount. Stitching was applied on all four sides to secure it to the mount.