Collection Highlights
Flags on 57th Street, Winter 1918
Date:
1918
Object Number:
1984.68
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.1
Date:
ca. 1819
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 41.1mm (1 5/8 in.)
Marks:
below bust: "PETIT F."
on edge: "MONACHII"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust of Columbus facing right with legend: "CHRISTOPHORUS COLOMB." Reverse is inscribed: "NATUS/AN.M.CCCC.XLII./COGURETI AD GENUAM/OBIIT/IN VALLE OLETI/APUD HISPANOS/AN.M.D.VI./series numismatica/universalis virorum illustrium./MDCCC.XIX."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
