ZFC Item Section - "Flags of the Principle Nations of the World" 1837

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Exhibition Copy	First Presidio Exhibit Exhibition History First Presidio Exhibit (ZFC0277) The Flags of the Principal Nations of the World Flag Chart Date: 1837 Media: Copper engraving with hand coloring Comment: The Flags of the Principal Nations of the World (Philadelphia, 1837) copper engraving with hand coloring. Note that Texas is shown as a nation but with its naval ensign instead of the Lone Star flag. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC0277) in 1995 from a rare book dealer in San Francisco, CA. Second Presidio Exhibit, 2003 GALLERY III (ZFC0277) The Flags of the Principal Nations of the World Flag Chart Date: 1837 Media: Copper engraving with hand coloring Comment: The principal use of flags during the 18th and the early 19th centuries was to identify the nationality of a ship at sea. To this end, hand-colored charts of the merchant and naval flags of the worlds nations were prepared for the use of sea captains. This example, The Flags of the Principal Nations of the World, was printed in Philadelphia in 1837 utilizing the copper engraving process. It was then hand-colored for customers willing to pay extra. Note that Texas, shown as a separate nation, is represented by its naval ensign of 13 alternating red and white stripes and a blue canton bearing a single star. The more familiar Lone Star Texas national flag, now serving as the Texas state flag, was not adopted until 1839. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC0277) in 1995 from a rare book dealer in San Francisco, CA.

Exhibits

Title information is available upon specific request. Additional information available upon request to researchers, writers and others demonstrating special circumstances. In some situations, information may not be available.

Exhibition Copy

First Presidio Exhibit
Exhibition History
First Presidio Exhibit
(ZFC0277)
The Flags of the Principal Nations of the World Flag Chart
Date: 1837
Media: Copper engraving with hand coloring
Comment: The Flags of the Principal Nations of the World (Philadelphia, 1837) copper engraving with hand coloring. Note that Texas is shown as a nation but with its naval ensign instead of the Lone Star flag.
Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC0277) in 1995 from a rare book dealer in San Francisco, CA.

Second Presidio Exhibit, 2003
GALLERY III
(ZFC0277)
The Flags of the Principal Nations of the World Flag Chart
Date: 1837
Media: Copper engraving with hand coloring
Comment: The principal use of flags during the 18th and the early 19th centuries was to identify the nationality of a ship at sea. To this end, hand-colored charts of the merchant and naval flags of the worlds nations were prepared for the use of sea captains. This example, The Flags of the Principal Nations of the World, was printed in Philadelphia in 1837 utilizing the copper engraving process. It was then hand-colored for customers willing to pay extra. Note that Texas, shown as a separate nation, is represented by its naval ensign of 13 alternating red and white stripes and a blue canton bearing a single star. The more familiar Lone Star Texas national flag, now serving as the Texas state flag, was not adopted until 1839.
Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC0277) in 1995 from a rare book dealer in San Francisco, CA.

Publications Title information is available upon specific request. Additional information available upon request to researchers, writers and others demonstrating special circumstances. In some situations, information may not be available.
Publication Copy	Madaus, Howard M., Dr, Whitney Smith, The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict. Santa Cruz: VZ Publications, 2006, p. 47. The Flags of the Principal Nations of the World Flag Chart The principal use of flags during the 18th and the early 19th centuries was to identify the nationality of a ship at sea. To this end, hand-colored charts of the merchant and naval flags of the worlds nations were prepared for the use of sea captains. This example,The Flags of the Principal Nations of the World, was printed in Philadelphia in 1837 utilizing the copper engraving process. It was then hand-colored for customers willing to pay extra. Note that Texas, shown as a separate nation, is represented by its naval ensign of 13 alternating red and white stripes and a blue canton bearing a single star. The more familiar Lone Star Texas national flag, now serving as the Texas state flag, was not adopted until 1839. Date:1837 Size:18" wide x 22" long Media:Copper engraving with hand coloring

Publications

Publication Copy

Madaus, Howard M., Dr, Whitney Smith, The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict. Santa Cruz: VZ Publications, 2006, p. 47.

The Flags of the Principal Nations
of the World Flag Chart

The principal use of flags during the 18th and the early 19th centuries was to identify the nationality of a ship at sea. To this end, hand-colored charts of the merchant and naval flags of the worlds nations were prepared for the use of sea captains. This example,The Flags of the Principal Nations of the World, was printed in Philadelphia in 1837 utilizing the copper engraving process. It was then hand-colored for customers willing to pay extra. Note that Texas, shown as a separate nation, is represented by its naval ensign of 13 alternating red and white stripes and a blue canton bearing a single star. The more familiar Lone Star Texas national flag, now serving as the Texas state flag, was not adopted until 1839.
Date:1837
Size:18" wide x 22" long
Media:Copper engraving with hand coloring