Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
Date:
1924
Object Number:
1952.45
Medium:
Patinated plaster on a wooden base
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
American Declaration of War
Object Number:
INV.5554
Date:
ca. 1917
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 1/2 in. ( 8.9 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower right of design: "ELI.HARVEY/FECIT." followed by trademark symbol
inscription: edge, lower center: "89 MEDALLIC ART CO.N.Y."
Description:
Struck bronze uniface medallion showing American eagle with spread wings standing upon rock, legend outside field at lower center: "APRIL.6.1917."
Gallery Label:
This medallion was issued by the Medallic Art Co., N.Y. for the ANS to commemorate the U.S. entering the World War I on April 6, 1917.
Provenance:
Luftschein, #201
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
