painting
Catalog Number
1937.53.17Artist/Author
yesDescription
Painting showing the front of the Betsy Ross house in Philadelphia, PA with US flag flying. The shop appears to be a wooden structure with a sign on the front that reads "Birthplace of Old Glory".History
The donor and the the artist are one and the same. Ralph J. Schepers (1861-1943), son of Rev. Jacob R. Schepers and Jantien Lanning, lived in Holland, MI. He remained single.Ralph is buried beside his sister, Bertha Wolters, in Pilgrim Home Cemetery in Holland, MI.