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| Keywords: ConfederateSeal.jpg The Seal of the Confederacy replica The Congress of the CSA passed a Joint resolution to establish a seal for the Confederate States on April 30 1863 <blockquote>Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America That the seal of the Confederate States shall consist of a device representing an equestrian portrait of Washington after the statue which surmounts his monument in the capítol square at Richmond surrounded with a wreath composed of the principal agricultural products ot the Confederacy cotton tobacco sugar cane corn wheat and rice and having around its margin the words The Confederate States of America twenty-second February eighteen hundred and sixty-two with the following motto Deo vindice http //books google com/books id POwOAAAAYAAJ page 361 </blockquote> The seal was made in London by Joseph Shepherd Wyon 1836-1873 Chief Engraver of the Seals and nephew of Thomas Wyon in 1864 The seal arrived in Richmond in 1865 but the press never made it so it was never used to officially seal any documents Extracted from PDF version of http //diplomacy state gov/exhibitions/100935 htm Keeping the Seal in Good Hands poster part of a U S Diplomacy Center State Department exhibition on the 225th anniversary of the Great Seal Direct PDF URL http //diplomacy state gov/documents/organization/101214 pdf 24MB CSA law passed on April 30 1863; actual seal made in 1864 Joseph Shepherd Wyon 1836-1873 http //www historicalartmedals com/MEDAL 20WEB 20ENTRIES/BIOSKETCHES 20AND 20OTHER 20TEXT/ENGLAND/BIOGRAPHICAL 20SKETCHES htm Presumably photo made by the State Department The http //diplomacy state gov/exhibitions/100935 htm U S Diplomacy Center exhibition page states All materials in this exhibition are in the public domain and can be reproduced without permission Citation of this source is appreciated PD-USGov Seals of the Confederate States of America Wheat in heraldry Rice in heraldry Sugar cane in heraldry | ||||
