Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
International Live Stock Exposition Prize Medal
Object Number:
1943.137
Date:
1924
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of field: "LAVRA GARDIN/FRASER"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse depicting image of bull standing upon rock with legend above: "INTERNATIONAL LIVE STOCK EXPOSITION/TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY"; inscription upon shield: "CHICAGO/1924." Reverse depicts blank space for engraving at center with stack of wheat and plough below; legend above: "PRESENTED TO"; inscription below: "BY THE/VNITED STATES/DEPARTMENT OF AGRICVLTVRE."
Gallery Label:
Elihu Root (1845-1937) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1912. He served as Secretary of War under McKinley and Roosevelt (1899-1903) and as Secretary of State under Roosevelt (1905-1909). From 1909- 1915 he was a Republican Senator from New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elihu Root, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
