Collection Highlights
Fete to Lafayette
Date:
1824
Object Number:
PR.022.9
Medium:
Engraving
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Historical Artifacts
Walt Whitman Commemorative Medal
Object Number:
1972.29
Date:
1925
Medium:
Bronze; cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 in. ( 5.1 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower right of image: "FINTA"
Inscription: reverse, at lower right of image: "FINTA"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y."
Inscription: box, inside cover, imprinted in black: "MEDALLIC ART CO./NEW YORK"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing clothed facing bust of Walt Whitman; legend: "1819 WALT . WHITMAN 1892"; date at left of image: "1925." Reverse depicts Prometheus, bound, with eagle at right; legend: "AUTHORS . CLUB . MEMORIAL . FUND"; date to left of image: "1925."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Albert Boni
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
