Collection Highlights
Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ) (1732/40-1836)
Date:
1796
Object Number:
1867.314
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Loss of the Somers Naval Medal
Object Number:
1241a
Date:
1851
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 cm )
Marks:
inscription: obverse, at center right: "C.C.WRIGHT.F."
inscription: reverse, below exergual line: "ENG. BY. C.C.WRIGHT."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing a sinking ship with legend: "SOMERS NAVIS AMERICANA."; inscription below exergual line: "ANTE VERA CRUZ/DEC 10th 1846." Reverse shows scene with lifeboats heading toward sinking ship with legend: 'PRO VITIS AMERICANORUM CONSERVATIS."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
