Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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James Buchanan Indian Peace Medal
Object Number:
INV.3403
Date:
1859-1862
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, below bust truncation, at left: "S.ELLIS SC."
Inscription: reverse, in exergue, at center: "J.WILLSON"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse depicting clothed bust of James Buchanan facing right with legend: "JAMES BUCHANAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES"; date below bust, at center: "1857." Reverse depicts standing figures of settler and Native American before American flag; landscape in background; scroll with inscription above: "LABOR VIRTUE HONOR."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
