Medal Commemorating the bicentennial of the birth of George Washington Engraver: Lucien Bazor (French, 1889–1974)
Mint: Paris

1932

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

130.34 g, 12:00, 68 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Reverend William H. Owen, B.A. 1897

Accession Number

2001.87.2948

Geography

Made in Paris, France

Culture

French

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1732 - 1799 and thirteen stars in groups around bust of Washington in civilian dress facing left. LUCIEN BAZOR 1932 on truncation of bust.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Replica of Mount Vernon as erected at French Colonial Exposition in Paris, 1931. In exergue: PATRIAE LIBERATOR / ET DECVS / 1732-1932. Plain edge, marked BRONZE.
Provenance
Reverend William H. Owen, to 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • William S. Baker, Medallic Portraits of Washington, 2nd (Philadelphia: Robert M. Lindsay, 1885), 224, no. 903
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

Technical metadata and APIs

IIIF

Open in Mirador

View IIIF manifest

The International Image Interoperability Framework, or IIIF, is an open standard for delivering high-quality, attributed digital objects online at scale. Visit iiif.io to learn more

Linked Art

API response for this object

Linked Art is a Community working together to create a shared Model based on Linked Open Data to describe Art.