Collection Highlights
The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown
Date:
Object Number:
PR.068.34
Medium:
Paper, engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
World's Columbian Exposition Medal
Object Number:
1936.725
Date:
1893
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Diameter: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower center of field: "AVGVSTVS SAINT-GAVDENS FECIT"
Inscription: reverse, in exergue, at center: "C.E.BARBER FECIT"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse depicting Christopher Columbus stepping onto shore in the New World; inscription to right of image: "PLVS/VLTRACHRISTOPHER/COLVMBVS/OCT.XII/MCCCCXCII." Reverse bears inscription within raised central panel surrounded by allegorical figures, torches, and image of ship: "WORLD'S.COLUMBIAN.EXPOSITION/IN.COMMEMORATION.OF.THE/FOUR.HUNDREDTH.ANNIVERSARY/OF.THE.LANDING.OF.COLUMBUS/.MDCCCXCII . MDCCCXCIII./TO PACKARD'S BUSINESS/COLLEGE."
Gallery Label:
Dies for this medal were executed by the U.S. Mint.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Katherine Rebecca Rogers
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
