Medal of Charles William Eliot, reverse 1 of 2 Artist: Bela Lyon Pratt (American, 1867–1917, Art School Certificate of Completion, 1888, B.F.A. 1899)

1894

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

97.01 g, 109.6 mm

Credit Line

Purchased with a gift from Wallace S. Wilson, B.A. 1951

Accession Number

2013.86.19

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: CAROLO / GVILIELMO ELIOT / VNIVERSITATIS / HARVARDIANAE / VIGESIMUM QVINTVM / IAM ANNVM / PRAESIDI / OB EXIMIA EIVS MERITA / A. M. D. CCC. LXXXXIIII / ALVMNI; on l., torch with scroll reading VERI / TAS; on r., torch with laurel wreath; all within laurel wreath
Provenance
Bela Lyon Pratt, Los Angeles, to 1917; Helen Lugarda Pray Pratt, 1917–1965; Elizabeth Morgan Kennedy; Cynthia Kennedy Sam, to 2013; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

medals

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