Medal of the Discovery of the Hudson River Manufacturer: American Numismatic and Archaeological Society (founded 1858)
Manufacturer: Whitehead and Hoag Company (American, 1892–1965)
Artist: Emil Fuchs (American, 1866–1929)

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1909

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Aluminim or white metal

Dimensions

17.13 g, 51 mm

Credit Line

Gift of Susan Freund Borden

Accession Number

2018.163.24

Geography

Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: FIRST USE OF STEAM IN NAVIGATION ON THE HUDSON RIVER 1807 below. ROBERT FULTON within wreath. Dates below 1765-1813. Crew on boat

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: DISCOVERY OF HUDSON RIVER BY HENRY HUDSON A. D. MDCIX .THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY . HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION COMM. HALVE MAENE. three allegorical figures hold Fulton's ship, the Clermont, with a portrait of Fulton and his birth and death dates, in exergue FIRST USE OF STEAM IN NAVIGATION ON THE HUDSON RIVER 1807.
Provenance
Susan Freund Borden, East Haddam, Conn., to 2018; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
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Object/Work type

medals

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