Collection Highlights
Edwin Booth as Hamlet
Date:
1870-1879
Object Number:
PR.104.3
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
John Stewart Military Medal
Object Number:
INV.10755
Date:
1780
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 13/16 in. ( 4.6 cm )
Marks:
inscription: obverse, above exergual line, at left: "GATTEAUX"
inscription: reverse, on exergual line, at left: "GATTEAUX"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing Stewart being presented with a palm branch by a Native American, with legend: "JOANNI STEWART COHORTIS PRAEFECTO" and inscription below exergual line: "COMITIA AMERICANA." Reverse shows a battle scene with legend: "STONEY-POINT OPPUGNATUM" and insctiption below exergual line: "XV JUL.MDCCLXXIX."
Gallery Label:
This rare specimen is one of only two bronze strikes known of the John Stewart Comitia Americana medal.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
