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The Star Spangled Burning Bush II (Words from Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, March 1865)
Calligrapher: Halliday, Peter
Artist's Statement: The 'Burning Bush' lighting up the words of Abraham Lincoln's second Inaugural Address delivered in March 1865. Noble words with which I make an iroinic comparision with those of George W Bush in his State of the Union Address in 2003, as I used in Burning Bush I. Watercolour, gold and paladium leaf on Canson Mi-Teintes pastel paper.
Given by Peter Halliday
Height: 570 mm
Width: 260 mm
Method of acquisition: Given by Halliday, Peter
Production date: AD 2003
Watercolour
Gold leaf
Paladium leaf
Support
composed of
paper
( Canson Mi Teintes; pastel)
Decoration
Accession number: CAL 9-2007
Primary reference Number: 167373
Old object number: Calligraphy/Halliday/2
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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