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
Warren G. Harding Presidential Medal
Object Number:
1966.114
Date:
1923
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of image: "MORGAN/1922"
Inscription: reverse, in exergue: "MORGAN"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with clothed bust of Harding facing left with legend: "WARREN G. HARDING." Reverse depicts mourning female figure standing beside column symbolizing strength, holding laurel branch; inscription to right: "INAUGURATED/PRESIDENT.OF.THE/UNITED.STATES/MAR.4.1921/DIED/AUG.2,1923"; presidential seal above; below palm branch entwined with laurel wreath.
Credit Line:
Estate of Henry O. Havemeyer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
