LOT 0121 Dennis Lyall (B. 1946) "Continental Colors Flag"
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Dennis Lyall (American, B. 1946) "The Stars and Stripes - Continental Colors Flag" Signed lower middle. Oil on Canvas. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 33c Continental Colors Flag Classic Collection Series stamp issued June 14, 2000. During the formative years of the American Revolution -- from the first protests in 1765 to the outbreak of hostilities in the spring of 1775 -- American flags featured a variety of emblems, like the rattlesnake, liberty pole and pine tree. Although these symbols were popular among local colonists, they failed to represent the nation as a whole. In 1775, after the battles of Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill, colonists established the first unofficial national flag of the United States. Known as the Continental Colors, the flag was first hoisted by General George Washington on Prospect Hill on January 1, 1776. The Continental Colors displayed the Union Jack of the British flag design consisting of the combined crosses of St. George and St. Andrew -- which symbolized American loyalty to the mother country. The flag also featured 13 stripes of red and white, signifying colonial unity. The flag was quite popular among colonists and universally accepted as the national flag. The Continental Colors flew for the first time in battle in early January 1776, aboard ships of the first regular American fleet under the command of Commodore Esek Hopkins. Image Size: 14 x 11.5 in. Overall Size: 18 x 14 in. Unframed. (B16804)
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