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Numismatics
Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Explore image in Subject: Christopher Columbus, Spanish, 1451–1506
Artist: Lea Ahlborn, Swedish, 1826–1897
Medal of Christopher Columbus taking San Salvador
1892
Bronze
61.14 g, 12:00, 50 mm
Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Reverend William H. Owen, B.A. 1897, Collection
2001.87.29003
Geography:
Made in United States
Status:
Culture:
American
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Numismatics
Provenance:
Reverend William H. Owen, to 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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 such records is ongoing.
