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The Star Spangled Burning Bush II (Words from Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, March 1865): CAL 9-2007

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Star Spangled Burning Bush II (Words from Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, March 1865)

Maker(s)

Calligrapher: Halliday, Peter

Categories

Description

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.

Legal notes

Given by Peter Halliday

Measurements and weight

Height: 570 mm
Width: 260 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given by Halliday, Peter

Dating

Production date: AD 2003

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Gold leaf
Paladium leaf

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( Canson Mi Teintes; pastel)
Decoration

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: CAL 9-2007
Primary reference Number: 167373
Old object number: Calligraphy/Halliday/2
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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