Mary Pickersgill

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Mary Pickersgill was an American flag maker best known for creating the enormous Star-Spangled Banner flag that inspired the United States national anthem during the War of 1812.

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Generate an image of Mary Pickersgill (Mary Pickersgill was an American flag maker best known for creating the enormous Star-Spangled Banner flag that inspired the United States national anthem during the War of 1812.)

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Label Occurrences
Mary Pickersgill canonical 14
Mary Young Pickersgill 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American ⓘ
flag maker ⓘ
person ⓘ
birthName Mary Young ⓘ
burialPlace Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
commissionedBy Major George Armistead ⓘ
linked to: George Armistead
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
createdFor Fort McHenry ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1776-02-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1857-10-04 ⓘ
employer self-employed ⓘ
era early 19th century United States ⓘ
familyName Pickersgill ⓘ
flagDimensions approximately 30 by 42 feet ⓘ
flagType garrison flag ⓘ
fullName Mary Young Pickersgill ⓘ
linked to: Mary Pickersgill
gender female ⓘ
givenName Mary ⓘ
hasMemorial Star-Spangled Banner Flag House ⓘ
hasMonument Mary Pickersgill monument in Baltimore ⓘ
heritage American Revolutionary era ⓘ
inspired Francis Scott Key ⓘ
inspiredWork The Star-Spangled Banner (United States national anthem) ⓘ
knownFor creating a large garrison flag for Fort McHenry ⓘ
sewing the Star-Spangled Banner flag ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mother Rebecca Young ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableEvent completion of the Star-Spangled Banner flag in 1813 ⓘ
notableWork Star-Spangled Banner flag ⓘ
linked to: United States flag
numberOfStarsOnFlag 15 ⓘ
numberOfStripesOnFlag 15 ⓘ
occupation flag maker ⓘ
seamstress ⓘ
participatedIn War of 1812 (as civilian artisan) ⓘ
linked to: War of 1812
placeOfBirth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
placeOfDeath Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
linked to: Baltimore
religion Methodist (attributed) ⓘ
residence Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
linked to: Baltimore
spouse John Pickersgill ⓘ
workedWith African American assistants (unnamed in records) ⓘ
her daughter Caroline Pickersgill ⓘ
workLocation Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
linked to: Baltimore

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort McHenry → flagDesigner → Mary Pickersgill ⓘ
Mary Pickersgill → fullName → Mary Young Pickersgill ⓘ
linked to: Mary Pickersgill
Pickersgill → usedBy → Mary Pickersgill ⓘ
Star-Spangled Banner flag → creator → Mary Pickersgill ⓘ
subject linked to: Pickersgill
Caroline Pickersgill → mother → Mary Pickersgill ⓘ
Caroline Pickersgill → assistantOf → Mary Pickersgill ⓘ
Caroline Pickersgill → workedWith → Mary Pickersgill ⓘ
Star-Spangled Banner Flag House → resident → Mary Pickersgill ⓘ
John Pickersgill → spouse → Mary Pickersgill ⓘ
Rebecca Young → motherOf → Mary Pickersgill ⓘ
Rebecca Young → hasRelative → Mary Pickersgill ⓘ
Rebecca Young → notableFamilyMember → Mary Pickersgill ⓘ
Mary Young → alsoKnownAs → Mary Pickersgill ⓘ
Pickersgill family → notableMember → Mary Pickersgill ⓘ