Collection Highlights
Declaration of Independence
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1776.4
Medium:
Paper, broadside
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Nobel Peace Medal
Object Number:
1943.146
Date:
1912
Medium:
Gold
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 9/16 in. ( 6.5 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of field: "MODEL./G.VIGELAND"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "PARLIAMENTUM NORVEGIAE ELIHU ROOT"
Description:
Gold struck medal with obverse depicting nude bust of Alfred Nobel facing left; legend: "ALFT.NOBEL.NAT.MDCCCXXXIII.OB.MDCCCXCVI." Reverse depicts three nude youths forming a circle; surrounding legend: "PRO.PACE.ET.FRATERNITATE.GENTIUM."
Gallery Label:
Elihu Root (1845-1937) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1912. He served as Secretary of War under McKinley and Roosevelt (1899-1903) and as Secretary of State under Roosevelt (1905-1909). From 1909-1915 he was a Republican Senator from New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elihu Root, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
