Book of 72 hand-drawn, color flags, depicting papal, royal, national, military and merchant standards. Also included are family and city emblems and the black flag of the filibusters. Created ca. 1702, based on flag drawn on leaf 37, dated 1702. Eight (8) blank leaves precede 37 numbered leaves that bear the color images of flags, followed by another eight (8) blank leaves. Title supplied by cataloger.
Flags Standards, Military Ships--Flags, insignia, etc Emblems, National Guidons Warships--Flags, insignia, etc Signals and signaling Merchant marine--Signaling Naval auxiliary vessels--Flags, insignia, etc Navies United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations Flags 18th century. (aat)
Source
Papers of Charles-René-Dominique Sochet Destouches, 1754-1804 (bulk 1780-1781) ; Orderly Books of the American Revolution. mssDE Box 2 Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Purchased from the American Art Association, 1926.
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