Betsy Ross, 1777

The artist Jean Leon Gerome Ferris depicts Betsy Ross showing Major Ross and Robert Morris how she cut the stars for the American flag; George Washington sits in a chair on the left.  Starting in the early 20th century, Ferris created a series of commemorative interpretations of early American development called "The Pageant of a Nation."

Created/Published : Cleveland, Ohio : The Foundation Press, Inc., c1932 July 28

Creator : Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, artist, 1863-1930

Housed in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress