Medal of George Washington ("Wright & Bale Medal") Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 1834

Medium: Tin
Dimensions: 44.62 g, 12:00, 45 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
Accession Number: 2001.87.2903
Geography: Made in United States
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatic details

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: GEORGE - WASHINGTON, Bust of Washington facing left; below truncation, W. FT.; and near edge in curved line, WRIGHT & BALE (heavily rubbed)

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: BORN FEB. 22D. 1732 / CHOSEN COMMANDR. IN / CHIEF JULY 1776 / CHOSEN PREST. 1789 / DIED DECR. 14. 1799 / AGED 68 YEARS in six paralell lines, within a wreath of oak branches, tied by a bow.

Provenance

Francis P. Garvan, New York, about 1930; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1930 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

William S. Baker, Medallic Portraits of Washington, 2nd (Philadelphia: Robert M. Lindsay, 1885), 48, no. 75

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

medals, tin

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