Collection Highlights
An Address to the inhabitants of the British Settlements in America, upon slave-keeping
Date:
1773
Object Number:
LIB.Y1773.RushAddress
Medium:
Paper, book
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Merritt Haviland Smith Medal
Object Number:
INV.4249
Date:
1926
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
box: 2 1/8 x 2 1/8 x 1/2 in. ( 5.4 x 5.4 x 1.3 cm )
diameter: 1 15/16 in. ( 5 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: edge, lower center: "MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y."
Inscription: box, inside cover: "MEDALLIC ART CO./NEW YORK"
Inscription: box, cover, top: "Gift of/Robert Markham/June 12, 1956"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing clothed male bust facing left. Reverse bears inscription at center: "ENGINEER.FOR/40.YEARS.OF.THE/WATER./SUPPLY.OF/THE.CITY.OF.
NEW.YORK/1862 1926 [on decorative vignette with shell flanked by scrolls]/COLONEL.OF./ARTILLERY.IN/THE.GREAT.WAR"; surrounding legend: "MERRIT.HAVILAND.SMITH." Cream-colored square cardboard box.
Gallery Label:
Merritt Haviland Smith (1862-1926) served as Chief Engineer for the Bureau of Water Supply of New York City for 40 years. This medal appears to be a copy of the bronze plaque erected in his memory at Kensico Dam shortly after his death.
Credit Line:
Gift of Robert Markham, 1956
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
