Medal of George Washington (Siege of Boston Medalet) Engraver: Robert Lovett Jr. (American, 1818–1879)
Honorand: George Washington, American, 1732–1799, LL.D. 1781

1859

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Copper

Dimensions

11.81 g, 12:00, 32 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Bequest of Irving Dillaye-Vann, B.A. 1897

Accession Number

2001.87.2933

Geography

Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, Depicted Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: GEO: WASHINGTON. 1776 above equestrian figure of Washington in uniform, on an eminence, head facing; in the distance appears a city (Boston), and to the right the American encampment; to the left a battery. Dentilled rim.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: SIEGE OF / BOSTON / 1775-6 in three lines (with first and last line curved to envelop middle line), within a wreath of olive branches tied by a bow, and connected at the top by a drum, two flags, and a stack of arms grouped; below the wreath in a curved line, LOVETT'S SERIES NO. 2 PHILADA: Edge reeded.
Provenance
Irving Dillaye-Van, to about 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), 30, no. 50
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

medals

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