Collection Highlights
American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States
Date:
1880
Object Number:
LIB.Y1808.W
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Society of Colonial Wars Plaquette
Object Number:
INV.3190
Date:
1909
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 3 5/8 x 3/16 in. ( 13 x 9.2 x 0.5 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at center right of field: "KELLY/AFTER/PEALE"
Description:
Bronze struck uniface plaquette with obverse showing bust-length three-quarter left portrait of George Washington with inscriptions: ""THE/COLONIAL WASHINGTON," above; in exergue: "SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS/STATE OF NEW YORK NOV 16 1909."
Gallery Label:
Founded in 1892, the Society of Colonial Wars admits male descendants of British or Colonial soldiers and of colonial civil and military officials from the period 1620-1775.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
