Our heaven born banner
A pro Union patriotic art evidently based on Frederic Edwin Church s oil painting Our Banner in the Sky Church s painting was inspired by the highly publicized Confederate insult to the American flag at Fort Sumter in April 1861 and by a sermon by Henry Ward Beecher published shortly thereafter Our Heaven Born Banner shows a lone Zouave sentry watching from a promontory as the dawn breaks in the distance His rifle and bayonet form the staff of an American flag whose design and colors are formed by the sky s light Below in the distance is a fort probably Sumter The print is accompanied by eight lines of verse When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air She tore the azure robe of night And set the stars of glory there She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldrick of the skies And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light
Size: 5160px × 3478px
Photo credit: © Photo Art Collection (PAC) / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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