Collection Highlights
Major Gen'l Z. Taylor Before Monterey
Date:
1848
Object Number:
PR.068.27
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medallion: Free Academy...1853
Object Number:
INV.4830
Date:
1853 or later
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 in. ( 5.1 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, on exergual line, at left: "C.C.W. S."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing neo-Gothic building with legend above: "THE FREE ACADEMY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK."; inscription in exergue: "WARD (sic!) MEDAL/ESTABLISHED/1853." Reverse has space for engraving at center within open laurel wreath; inscription: "THIS/MEDAL/IS/AWARDED TO/THE STUDENT OF MOST/PROFICIENCY OF."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
