Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
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Title |
King's or Union Colors of James I |
Catalog Number |
2017.83.5 |
Creator |
Kentucky Works Progress Administration |
Maker |
Kentucky Works Progress Administration |
Date |
1935-1939 |
Material(s) |
Paint/Paper/Ink |
Dimensions |
H-11 W-8.5 inches |
Description |
This print titled "King's or Union Colors of James I" is plate number 3 in "The American Flag" print set made by the Kentucky Works Progress Administration. The print features a watercolor image of the original union flag of the United Kingdom. The flag is made of the combined crosses of St. George and of St. Andrew resulting in a white-bordered red cross over the white cross on blue. Below the flag is the title, "KING'S OR UNION COLORS OF JAMES I." The words "PLATE / NO.3" are printed in black in the lower left corner. A date of the flag is located in the lower right corner, and reads, "1606 A.D." |
Notes |
The administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932-1945) created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to provide jobs for millions of unemployed Americans. In 1935, the Federal Art Project became part of the WPA, which resulted in jobs for hundreds of artists. In Kentucky, this manifested itself as the WPA State-Wide Museum Project. The Works Progress Administration, through the Kentucky State-Wide Museum Project, created a number of "Aids to Visual Education." Artists made these educational tools available to schools, libraries, and museums through the states. These aids included models of famous historic buildings and homes, windowsill dioramas depicting significant moments in American history, and hand-tinted silk-screened prints illustrating the history of the American flag, Arthurian Legends, and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. |
Collection |
KHS Museum Collection |
Event |
Great Depression |
People |
Kentucky Works Progress Administration Works Progress Administration Kentucky State-Wide Museum Project |
Subjects |
Depressions Employment Flags Prints |
Search Terms |
Flags Kentucky State-Wide Museum Project, WPA WPA England Scotland |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |