Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Captain Lewis Warrington Naval medal
Object Number:
2008.42.374
Date:
1819
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 65.1mm (2 9/16 in.)
Marks:
Obverse and reverse at bottom: "FURST F."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing uniformed bust of Lewis Warrington facing right with legend: "LUDOVICUS WARRINGTON DUX NAVALIS AMERI." Reverse shows naval battle scene with legend: "PRO PATRIA PARATUS AUT VINCERE AUT MORIS"; in exerg.: "INTER PEACOCK NAV. AMERI./ET EPERVIE NAV. ANG./DIE XXIX MAR./MDCCCXIV."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
