Collection Highlights
Miscegenation: the theory of the blending of the races, applied to the American white man and negro..
Date:
1864
Object Number:
LIB.E185.62.C76.1864
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal: Holland Society of New York
Object Number:
1977.44
Date:
1904
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: reverse, on exergual line, at left: "B.B.&B. Co. PHILADELPHIA"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing two female allegorical figures, Liberty, at left, and America, at right, shaking hands, with pedestal at center decorated with caduceus; legend around border: "MEDAL STRUCK BY THE UNITED PROVINCES OF THE NETHERLANDS 1782 IN HONOR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE/LIBERA/SOROR."; inscripion in exergue: "SOLEMNI DECR. AGN./10 APR MDCCLXXXII." Reverse shows unicorn reclining against rocks with his horn broken; legend around border: "PRESENTED BY THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK JANUARY 1904"; inscription in exergue: "SUB CALLIAE/AUSPICIIS."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
