Collection Highlights
Brown Brothers, Irving Place, showing east side from Eighteenth Street to Gramercy Park South
Date:
March, 1909
Object Number:
PR.020.19.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Luce Center
Medal: Gust. Adolph...
Object Number:
INV.3389c
Date:
ca. 1857
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/16 in. ( 5.2 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, on bust truncation: "AK"
Description:
Silver struck medal with obverse showing draped and armored male bust facing right; legend: "GVST. ADOLPH. D.G. REX. SVECIAE." Obverse depicts sun with human face, emitting rays of light; surrounding legend: "TOTVM . HAVD . CAPIT . INTEGER . ORBIS ."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. E. de Peyster Hosmer & Mrs. B.R.K. Herdge, Jr., 1951
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
