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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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Metal Tablet Commemorating the Unveiling of a Memorial to Lafayette
Object Number:
1953.83
Date:
1917
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 2 1/2 x 1/8 in. ( 5.1 x 6.3 x 0.3 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower right corner of field: "C.D.FRENCH"
Inscription: obverse, in exergue, at right corner: "A.LUKEMAN AFTER DANIEL C. FRENCH"
Inscription: reverse, at lower right corner of field: "A.L."
Inscription: edge, lower center: "MEDA
Description:
Bronze struck plaquette with obverse showing full-length frontal portrait of General Lafayette standing in front of his horse being held by attendant. Reverse bears inscription below eagle decorated with laurel wreath: "MEMORIAL TO LAFAYETTE/UNVEILED AT BROOKLYN/MAY 10 1917/BY/MARECHAL JOFFRE AND M.VIVIANI/WAR COMMISSIONERS OF FRANCE/TO THE/UNITED STATES."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irene and Emily Braman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
