Collection Highlights
American Bastille
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.E458.8.M36.1870F.XL
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Joseph Hodges Choate Commemorative Medal
Object Number:
INV.3604a
Date:
1922
Medium:
Bronze; cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 1/4 in. ( 7 x 7 x 0.6 cm )
diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of field: "HA"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "57"
Inscription: inside box cover, imprinted in black: "MEDALLIC ART CO./NEW YORK"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust of Joseph Choate facing left with legend: "CHOATE." Reverse contains inscription at center, enclosed by laurel wreath: "JOSEPH . HODGES . CHOATE/1832 - 1917/PATRIOT/AMBASSADOR/JURIST/ORATOR"; incense burner above, flanked by letters "C" and "A"; seal of the American Numismatic Society below. Medal is inset into square cream-colored cardboard box.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
