Collection Highlights
Petition from Lydia Heckle to Marinus Willett, Mayor of New York, re: Miranda expedition, May 16, 1807
Date:
1807
Object Number:
MSS.NewYorkCity.Misc.1
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Gustavus III and Oscar II Memorial Medal
Object Number:
1945.251
Medium:
bronze
Dimensions:
2 3/4 diameterx 1/4 inches
Description:
allegorical female figure in center crowning flanking portraits with laurel wreaths, to her left a profile portrait of Oscar II adn to her right a profile portrait of Gustavus III, in horizon line MDCCLXXXIII and MDCCCLXXXII, underneath scrolls and foliage; obverse: building, banner above states PATRIIS-MUSIS, underneath building states: IN MEMORIAM FESTI SAECULARIS CELBRATI MDCCCLXXXII
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