Collection Highlights
Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant
Date:
1656
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1656.D
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Luce Center
Manly Medal
Object Number:
1947.307
Date:
1790
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 7/8 in. ( 4.8 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, on bust truncation: ""BROOKS F."
Inscription: reverse, in exergue: "J.MANLY & Co."
Description:
Yellow bronze struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust of Washington facing left with legend: "GEO. WASHINGTON BORN VIRGINIA."; inscription below bust truncation: "FEB. 11/1732." Reverse is inscribed: "GENERAL/of the/AMERICAN ARMIES/1775./RESIGNED/1783./PRESIDENT/of the/UNITED STATES/1789."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. James Hazen Hyde
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
