Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
1943.257
Date:
1932 or later
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: edge, lower center: "MEDALLIC ART CO.N.Y."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing nude bust of Washington facing left with laurel branches on either side; legend: "GEORGE WASHINGTON/1732-1799." Reverse bears inscription flanked by tied fasces: "FIRST IN WAR/FIRST IN PEACE/AND FIRST IN THE HEARTS/OF HIS COUNTRYMEN."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. S.A. Knopf
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
