Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Object Number:
1926.59
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Copper alloy
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 4 5/8 x 7/8 in. ( 18.4 x 11.7 x 2.2 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: on back in red paint: "628" [old N-YHS cat #]
Description:
Bas-relief portrait: Proper right profile enclosed in a horse shoe.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
