Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Admiral Vernon "Vernon, Brown, and Walpole" Commemorative Medal
Object Number:
1945.21
Date:
1741
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Copper struck medal with obverse showing standing full-length figure of duke of Argyle, wearing collar of Garter, his right hand resting on pedestal surmounted by crown; military trophies to his left; surrounding legend: ". THE . GENEROUSE : DUKE : OF : ARGYLE"; in exergue: "NO . . PENTIONER." Reverse depicts devil leading Sir Robert Walpole by rope around his neck into open mouth of dragon at left; legend: ". . . MAKE . ROOM . FOR . SIR : ROBERT"; in exergue: "NO: EXCISE."
Credit Line:
Gift of Commander Leander McCormick-Goodhart, R.N.V.R.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
