Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Luce Center
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Commemorative Medal
Object Number:
INV.3333
Date:
1876
Medium:
White metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 5/8 in. ( 4.2 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, on exergual line, at left: "W.H.KEY F."
Inscription: reverse, at lower center: "PAT NOV 3 1874 H&L"
Description:
White metal struck medal with obverse showing beaux-arts building with legend: "CENTENNIAL/ART GALLERY/IN MEMORIAL"; inscription below image: "PHILADELPHIA." Reverse is inscribed: "1776/ILLUSTRATING/THE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY/OF A FREE PEOPLE/IN A HUNDRED YEARS/1876."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
