Collection Highlights
Lincoln visits General McClellan at Antietam
Date:
1862, published later
Object Number:
PR.065.778.5
Medium:
Stereograph
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Luce Center
Commander Duncan Ingraham Naval Medallion
Object Number:
INV.11365
Date:
1855
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 4 in. ( 10.2 cm )
Marks:
inscription: obverse, below exergual line, at left: "S. EASTMAN D."
inscription: obverse, below exergual line, at right: "P. F. CROSS SC."
inscription: obverse, below exergual inscription, at center: "LONGACRE"
inscription: reverse, at left below field
Description:
Bronze struck medallion with obverse showing the American and Austrian ships at anchor in the harbor of Smyrna, Turkey; inscribed in exergue: "SMYRNA [at center]/AMERICAN/SLOOP OF WAR/ST. LOUIS. [at left]/AUSTRIAN/BRIG OF WAR/HUSSAR [at right]." Reverse with wreath of oak and laurel, with American eagle and stars underneath, surrounding inscription: "PRESENTED/BY THE/PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES/TO/COMMANDER DUNCAN N. INGRAHAM/AS A TESTIMONIAL OF THE HIGH SENSE/ENTERTAINED BY CONGRESS/OF HIS GALLANT AND JUDICIOUS CONDUCT/ON THE 2d OF JULY 1858./JOINT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS AUGUST 4th 1854."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
