Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Luce Center
Admiral Vernon "Porto Bello and Carthagena" Commemorative Medal
Object Number:
1945.34
Date:
1741
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Brass struck medal with obverse showing full-length figure of Vernon at left, facing right, sword in his right hand; he is receiving the sword of Don Blass who is kneeling at right, facing left; ship at right; inscription above, at right: "DON BLASS"; legend: "THE . PRIDE . OF . SPAIN . HUMBLED . BY . AD . VERNON."; ornament in exergue. Reverse depicts ships entering harbor, with legend above: 'VERNON : CONQUERED : CARTAGENA"; in exergue, below ornament: "APRIL 1 1741."
Credit Line:
Gift of Commander Leander McCormick-Goodhart, R.N.V.R.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
