Medal of Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, 1876 Yale University Art Gallery

1876

Medium: Porcelain
Dimensions: 22.26 g, 1:00, 57 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Irving Dillaye-Vann, B.A. 1897
Accession Number: 2001.87.8
Geography: made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatic details

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: HER WORKS PRAISE HER around, *WOMEN'S* / PAVILION in exergue. The Women's Pavilion surmounted by American flag on central dome and two flags each to l. and r.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: 1776 flanked by scrollwork at top, 1876 flanked by stars at bottom, AMERICAN - CELEBRATION to l. and r. Eagle, shield on breast, facing, head l., bundle of arrows at l., olive branch at r.; banner with E PLURIBUS [UNUM] held in beak.

Provenance

Irving Dillaye-Van, to about 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Helen A. Cooper et al., Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2008), 272, no. 164, ill.

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

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