Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Luce Center
George Washington Centennial Inauguration Medal
Object Number:
1947.460
Date:
1889
Medium:
metal and fabric
Dimensions:
3 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches
Description:
silver round medal with profile portrait of George Washington with border text: "1789 CENTENNIAL INAUGURATION 1889", verso: facade of building with text "IN OUR FEDERAL BUILDING" with border text: "WASHINGTON TAKING OATH OF OFFICE NEW YORK 1789" attached American flag ribbon
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
