Collection Highlights
Mrs. Charles A. Lamb (1829-1893)
Date:
1878
Object Number:
1893.2
Medium:
Oil on millboard
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal: Christophorus Colomb.
Object Number:
INV.2900
Date:
ca. 1819
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 5/8 in. ( 4.1 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, below bust truncation, at center: "PETIT F."
Inscription: reverse, at lower center: "DURAND EDEDIT"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust of Columbus facing right with legend: "CHRISTOPHORUS COLOMB." Reverse is inscribed: "NATUS/AN.M.CCCC.XLII./COGURETI AD GENUAM/OBIIT/IN VALLE OLETI/APUD HISPANOS/AN.M.D.VI./series numismatica/universalis virorum illustrium./MDCCC.XIX."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
