Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.2
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
William Augustus Muhlenberg Medal
Object Number:
INV.4636
Date:
1896
Medium:
Bronze; cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 2 3/16 in. ( 5.5 cm )
diameter: 2 in. ( 5.1 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower righ of field: "V.D.BRENNER N.Y."
Inscription: box cover, inscribed in black ink: "St. Lukes/Hospital Muhlenberg/Medal/Presented by Amer./Numismatic & Archaeological/Society Feb 4/1897."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust of William Muhlenberg facing right, flanked by two vertical inscriptions: "WILLIAM AVGVSTVS/MVHLENBERG D.D.", at left, and "FOUNDER of St. LVKE'S/HOSPITAL", at right. Reverse depicts hospital's seal with palm and oak branches, at right, with inscription at center of field: "THE AMERICAN/NUMISMATIC and ARCHAEOLOGICAL/SOCIETY/COMMEMORATES BY THIS MEDAL/THE OPENING OF THE NEW/St. LVKE'S HOSPITAL/MDCCCXCVI." White circular cardboard box.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
