Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Columbia University Service Award Medal
Object Number:
INV.5357
Date:
ca. 1934
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
case: 4 x 4 x 1/2 in. ( 10.2 x 10.2 x 1.3 cm )
diameter: 2 11/16 in. ( 6.9 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, on bust truncation: "TOM H. JONES"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing bust of female in Roman armor facing left with surrounding legend: ".IN.LVMINE.TVO.VIDEBIMVS.LVMEN." Reverse has laurel wreath with date within: "1754"; inscription below: "AWARDED TO/JONATHAN MAYHEW WAINWRIGHT/FOR SERVICE/1934"; legend around border: ".COLUMBIA.VNIVERSITY.IN.THE.CITY.OF.NEW.YORK." Black fitted cardboard case with green velvet lining.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Col. J.M. Wainwright, 1947
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
