Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.146
Date:
1892
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 27.3mm (1 1/16 in.)
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing left-facing bare headed bust-length portrait of Columbus seen from back; legend: "CRISTOBAL COLON." Reverse shows female figure seated on globe with ship at sea in background; legend: "RECUERDO DEL 4o CENTENARIO 1892."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
