Collection Highlights
Augustus Coe Gurnee dressed for the Vanderbilt costume ball, March 26, 1883
Date:
March 26, 1883
Object Number:
PR.223.1.16.1
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Luce Center
George Bailey Hopson Commemorative Plaquette
Object Number:
1856
Date:
1913
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/16 x 2 3/16 x 3/16 in. ( 7.7 x 5.6 x 0.5 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, upper right corner: "V.D.Brenner"
Inscription: reverse, lower right corner: stylized initials "VD" within oval
Description:
Bronze struck plaquette with obverse showing shoulder-length portrait of George Bailey Hopson facing left with inscription in exergue: "GEORGE . BAILEY . HOPSON . D. D." Reverse contains inscription at left with the "Well of Knowledge" at right and palm and laurel branches beneath: "FOR/FIFTY YEARS/PROFESSOR/OF LATIN/AT ST. STEPHENS/COLLEGE/1863 - 1913."
Gallery Label:
A related note states that this plaquette was presented by Brigadier General John Ross Delafield on March 29, 1932.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
