Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Major General Edmund P. Gaines Military Medal
Object Number:
1942.11
Date:
After 1840
Medium:
Copper-plated lead
Dimensions:
Diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, below bust truncation, at center: "FURST. F."
Inscription: reverse, below inscription in exergue: "FURST. F."
Description:
Copper-plated lead electrotype of Edmund Gaines military medal with obverse showing uniformed bust of Gaines facing right with legend: "MAJOR GENERAL EDMUND P. GAINES." Reverse shows allegorical figure of Victory crowning trophies of war labeled "ERIE" on upright cannon; legend: "RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS NOVEMBER 3. 1814."; inscription in exergue: "BATTLE OF ERIE/AUG. 15. 1814."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. John Hill Morgan
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
