Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal
Object Number:
2008.42.336
Date:
1909
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
height and width: 58.6 x 33.2mm (2 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Description:
Brass struck uniface shield-shaped medal topped by half moon with legend "SOUVENIR" below cartouche with dates: "1609 1807". At center sailing ship on river labeled "HALVE MAENE" below festoons labeled "HUDSON FULTON CELEBRATION" and cartouche at bottom containing "NEW YORK/ 1909". Slot hanger fused at top.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
