Medal of Comitia Americana electrotype of Mad Anthony Wayne, the Battle of Stony Point Engraver: Nicolas Marie Gatteaux (French, 1751–1832)

1842

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Electrotype

Dimensions

52.97 g, 12:00, 52.5 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Bequest of the Charles Wyllys Betts, B.A. 1867, M.A. 1871, Collection

Accession Number

2001.87.409

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: ANTONIO WAYNE DUCI EXERCITUS around, COMITIA AMERICANA in exergue. An Indian queen at l. holds a mural crown in her l. hand and with her r. presents a laurel wreath to General Wayne. She wears a cap and a skirt of feathers; at her feet are an alligator, a rope, and the shield of the United States. Beneath Wayne, GATTEAUX.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: STONEY-POINT EXPUGNATUM around, XV JUL. MDCCLXXIX in exergue. A view of the assault on Stony Point, including both sides of the Hudson, the fort in the distance, a battery and troops in the foreground at r.; below, at l., GATTEAUX.
Provenance
Charles Wyllys Betts, to about 1887; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1887 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Charles Wyllys Betts, American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals, 1964 reprint (New York: Scott Stamp and Coin Company, 1964), 265, no. 575
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

medals

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