Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medallion
Object Number:
Z.3389
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: "MAJ. GEN. W.H. HARRISON/BORN FEB 5 1773"
Inscription: "THE PEOPLES CHOICE/THE HERO/OF/TIPPECANOE"
Description:
Copper commemorative medallion. Obverse: bas relief of W. H. Harrison in L profile; inscribed: "MAJ. GEN. W.H. HARRISON/BORN FEB 9 1773" Reverse: depicition of log cabin; inscribed: "THE PEOPLES CHOICE/THE HERO/OF/TIPPECANOE" Hole drilled in center top.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
