Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Lord Anthony Shaftesbury Medal
Object Number:
1872.19
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Gold
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 9/16 in. ( 4 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: engraved around edge of medal: "REMEMBER WELL AND BAER IN MYND A FAETHFULL FRIND IS HARD TO FEIND"
Description:
Gold cast medal with obverse depicting draped male bust facing right with legend: ".ANTONIO COMITI DE SHAFTESBURY." Reverse shows distant city view with sun rising above; legend: "LAETAMVR"; in exergue: "24 NOV 1681."
Gallery Label:
This medal once belonged to Jacob Leisler (donor is descendent). The original medal was struck in honor of Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Shaftesbury (1621-1683), English statesman. The N-YHS example is a later gold cast made for a nineteenth-century medal collector.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edward N. Bibby
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
