Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Haverford College, Pennsylvania, 1876
Object Number:
INV.13913
Date:
1876 or later
Medium:
White metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 5/8 in. ( 4.2 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: reverse, at lower left of field: "G.H.L. /FEC"
Inscription: reverse, at lower right of field: "J.F.W. /DEL"
Description:
White metal struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust of Isaac Woods facing right with legend: "KNOWLEDGE IS TREASURE/HAVERFORD SCHOOL/CHARTERED 1833/ISAAC F. WOODS/SEAL OF CORPORATION MDCCCXXXIII TO MDCCCLXXVI/SERIES "B" NO. 2." Reverse shows college building with inscription on scroll above: "FOUNDERS - HALL" and date: "1876" below; legend: "HAVERFORD COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA./ERECTED, MDCCCXXXII-III."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
