Collection Highlights
Broadway, A.T. Stewart Dry Goods Store
Date:
1851
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.28
Medium:
1896 photo-mechanical color reproduction of an engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
General George Washington Military Medal
Object Number:
INV.2598b
Date:
1790-1863
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 11/16 in. ( 6.9 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower left of bust: "DU VIVIER/PARIS. F."
Inscription: reverse, at lower right of field: "DU VIV."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing nude bust of George Washington facing right with legend: "GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS"; inscription below exergual line: "COMITIA AMERICANA." Reverse shows Washington and his staff, on horseback, watching the British evacuation of Boston and the entrance of the American forces: "HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS"; legend below exergual line: "BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM/XVII. MARTII/MDCCLXXVI."
Credit Line:
Presented by Geo. W. Irving
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
