Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414b
Medium:
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.342
Date:
1910
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 69.8mm (2 3/4 in.)
Marks:
Obverse at bottom left portrait: "K. SCOTT".
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing high-relief right-facing portrait of Peary; legend: "ROBERT EDWIN PEARY 1910". Reverse shows eagle in flight above section of globe; legend: "PRESENTED BY THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY/ FOR ARCTIC EXPLORATION 1886-1909".
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
