Medal, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Medal, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 1975.597.02
- Creator:
- Saint-Gaudens, Augustus
Sculptor ; Gorham Manufacturing Company - Date:
- 1889
- Description:
- Presidential Medallion, George Washington, bronze. Obverse: relief bust of George Washington in profile, with text, "GEORGE WASHINGTON / PATER PATRIAE / MDCCLXXXIX"; text below bust, "PHILIP MARTINY MODELER DESIGN AND / COPYRIGHT BY AVGVSTVS SAINT-GAVDENS". Reverse: relief image of eagle with shield lettered "E PLVRIBVS VNVM"; with text, "TO COMMEMORATE / THE INAVGVRATION / OF GEORGE WASHINGTON / AS FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE / VNITED STATES OF AMERICA / AT NEW YORK APRIL XXX / MDCCLXXXIX / BY AVTHORITY OF / THE COMMITTEE / ON CELEBRATION / NEW YORK APRIL / XXX / MDCCCLXXXIX."
- Material:
- Metal
Bronze - Dimensions:
- D-0.1 Dia-4.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Accession 1905.002 contained medals from George Washington to Theodore Roosevelt.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Henry M. Baker
- Subjects:
- Medallions, Presidents, Washington, George, Eagle
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