Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Gilbert Stuart Medal
Object Number:
INV.4641
Date:
1848
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, below bust truncation, at right: "C.C.WRIGHT"
Inscription: obverse, at lower center of field: "S.ELLIS DEL."
Inscription: reverse, on second step, at center: "DUGGAN DEL."
Inscription: reverse, in exergue: "C.C.Wright"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing nude bust of Stuart facing left with legend: "GILBERT STUART." Reverse depicts female figure presenting laure wreath to artist with sculptor awaiting his turn; legend: "AMERICAN ART-UNION."; date below "1848", all within beaded border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Isabella Vaché Cox
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
