Collection Highlights
View from Cozzen's Hotel Near West Point, N.Y.
Date:
1863
Object Number:
S-189
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.69b
Date:
1892-1893
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 20.2mm (13/16 in.)
Description:
Bronze struck medalet with obverse showing left-facing bare-headed bust-length portrait of Columbus wearing ruff; legend: "CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 1492"; reverse shows sailing ship; legend: "WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO/ 1892"
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
