Medal of George Washington-Westwood Honorand: George Washington, American, 1732–1799, LL.D. 1781

1799

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

39.83 g, 6:00, 40.8 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

2001.87.20378

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQR. LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Bust in civil dress, facing right; on edge of arm, WESTWOOD. F.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: MADE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE AMERICAN FORCES THE JUNE 15 1775. WITH COURAGE AND FIDELITY HE DEFENDED THE RIGHTS OF A FREE PEOPLE DIED DECR. 14. 1799 AGED 68. in eight curved lines within a wreath of laurel leaves, tied by a ribbon and ornamented with thirteen stars; at the junction at the top, thirteen arrows diverge towards the inscription
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), no. 80
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

medals

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