Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tercentenary of Landing at Plymouth Rock
Object Number:
1937.86
Date:
1920
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of field: "G.L. TURNER"
Inscription: reverse, at lower right of field: "TURNER"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "REED & BARTON copyrighted"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing group of European settlers disembarking ship; inscription above: "1620-1920/LANDING OF THE/PILGRIMS AT PLYMOVTH"; in exergue: "21 DECEMBER 1620." Reverse depicts sailing vessel with inscription: "THE MAYFLOWER/IN WHOSE CABIN WAS SIGNED/THE COMPACT IN/CAPE COD HARBOR/21 NOV 1620."
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
