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A STANDARD FROM THE LIGHT INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE WASHINGTON GUARDS, MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA
Lot 1326 PROPERTY FROM THE WESTERVELT COMPANY

A STANDARD FROM THE LIGHT INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE WASHINGTON GUARDS, MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA

AMERICAN, CIRCA 1838

Closed18 January 2019

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A STANDARD FROM THE LIGHT INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE WASHINGTON GUARDS, MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA
AMERICAN, CIRCA 1838
42 ½ x 47 ¾ in. (including frame)

The Collection of Boleslaw and Marie-Louise D'Otrange Mastai
Sold, Sotheby's, New York, 10 October 2002, lot 124

Specialist note

This magnificent double-sided standard depicting both a Federal and State image was presented to the Washington Guards, a corps of Massachusetts militia which formed in 1810, on July 4, 1838. Finely rendered in oil colors on a silk ground, one side displays an eagle surrounded by twenty-six gilt stars representing the flag's age, while the other side depicts the coat of arms of the state of Massachusetts.