Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.232
Date:
1898
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
diameter: 28.3mm (1 1/8 in.)
Description:
Brass struck medal with obverse showing right-facing bust-length portrait of Dewey; legend: "NEW YORK CELEBRATION/ RETURN OF/ ADMIRAL GEO. W. DEWEY/ SEPT./ 28-30/ 1898; reverse shows arch; legend: "TRIUMPHAL ARCH". Loop fused to top.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
