Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Luce Center
Cornelius Vanderbilt Presentation Medal
Object Number:
INV.3585
Date:
1865-1874
Medium:
Bronze; paper
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, on bust truncation, at center: "S.ELLIS SC."
Inscription: reverse, below exergual line, at left: "ELLIS SC."
Inscription: reverse, below exergual line, at right: "LEUTZE DEL."
Inscription: document, in black ink: "Vanderbilt /Meda
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing nude bust of Cornelius Vanderbilt facing right; legend around border contining six stars: "A GRATEFUL COUNTRY TO HIS GENEROUS SON/CORNELIUS VANDERBILT." Reverse depicts allegorical scene with standing figure of America facing kneeling Neptune in the guise of a woman; steamship in background; inscription in exergue: "BIS DAT QUI TEMPORI DAT./1865 [at center]."
Credit Line:
Gift of Salathiel Ellis, 1872
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
