# Design for an Emblem of the United States of America

- By: Christian Schussele (American, 1824 - 1879)
- Date: c. 1860
- Medium: brush and black ink with wash over graphite on paperboard
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: image (irregular): 13.65 × 22.23 cm (5 3/8 × 8 3/4 in.) ; sheet: 26.67 × 40.01 cm (10 1/2 × 15 3/4 in.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Membership Association Fund, 1951)
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.194570.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/nga/a59fca9f-8b3e-472e-8e7d-0332802ec9a9/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)