Medal for the bicentennial of Yale College Artist: Bela Lyon Pratt (American, 1867–1917, Art School Certificate of Completion, 1888, B.F.A. 1899)
Manufacturer: Tiffany and Company (American, founded 1837)
Honorand: Yale College

1901

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

153.28 g, 12:00, 69.3 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Professor Shepherd Stevens, B.F.A. 1922, M.A. (Hon.) 1930

Accession Number

2001.87.4873

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: LVX ET / VERITAS. Above clouds, Truth, holding wreath and palm in r. hand, leads laureate Apollo driving biga r., horses rearing. On clouds below, B L PRATT.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Between two antique torches, VNIVERSITAS YALENSIS / A. D. MDCCCCI / CONCELEBRAT / COLLEGIVM YALENSE / A. D. MDCCI CONDITVM
Provenance
Professor Shepherd Stevens, about 1936; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., to 1936; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1936–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., from 2001.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

Signed

B L PRATT

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