Collection Highlights
Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ) (1732/40-1836)
Date:
1796
Object Number:
1867.314
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
American Declaration of War
Object Number:
INV.10763
Date:
ca. 1917
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 1/2 in. ( 8.9 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: below right: "ELI . HARVEY/FECIT. " [trademark capital letter "C" within circle]
struck: in the edge below center: "112 MEDALLIC ART CO NY"
Description:
Bronze struck uniface medallion with image of American eagle with spread wings standing upon rock; legend outside field at center below reads: "APRIL . 6 . 1917 ."
Gallery Label:
This medallion was issued by the Medallic Art Co., NY for the American Numismatic Society to commemorate the U. S. entering the World War I on April 6, 1917.
Provenance:
Luftschein, #201
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
