 | | 2024-07-03 15:08
From blog A World of My Own
Red, White, and Blue Stripes for July 4 and SIA: Betsy Ross
Shelbee at Shelbee on the Edge is the curator for this round of Style Imitating Art (SIA), and she selected the 1927 oil painting "Young Betsy Ross" by American illustrator Paul Stahr. She picked this artwork because she thought it would be "fun to choose an inspiration piece with a bit of United States history." However, Shelbee discovered that the story that Betsy Ross created the second official US flag at the behest of a committee including George Washington is not accepted by modern scholars. Even if this artwork is based on an American myth rather than rock-solid history, it still makes a very appropriate inspiration piece...
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