The Erie Canal Commemorative Medal Engraver: Charles Cushing Wright (American, 1796–1857)
Designer: Archibald Robertson (American, born Scotland, 1765–1835)

1826

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

198.65 g, 12:00, 80 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of William Naumburg, Jr.

Accession Number

1954.42.18

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: UNION OF ERIE WITH E ATLANTIC, image of 2 mythological figures (1 Neptune) and a cornucopia with sea in the background

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: ERIE CANAL COMMENCED 4 JULY 1817 COMPLETED 26 OCTr 1825, emblem of New York state, canal locks, New York harbor
Provenance
William Naumburg, Jr., to November 3, 1954; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., to about 1954; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1954 to 2001; 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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