Object Number 1979.0137 A

Object Name

Medal

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard H. Zeschke

Creator (Role)

Charles Cushing Wright (Engraver)
1796-1854

Salathiel Ellis (Designer)
1803-1879

Peter Paul Duggan (Designer)-1861

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1848

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription ; Obverse; "GILBERT STUART" in raised Roman capitals.
2. Mark ; Obverse, beneath shoulder of portrait; "C.C. WRIGHT F." in raised Roman capitals.
3. Mark ; Obverse, near bottom rim; "S·ELLIS DEL." in raised Roman capitals.
4. Inscription; Reverse; "AMERICAN ART-UNION. / 1848" in raised Roman capitals.
5. Mark; Reverse, beneath the female figure; "DUGGAN DEL." in Raised Roman capitals.

Subjects

Allegory; Portrait

Materials

Copper

Techniques

Stamped

Dimensions (inches)

0.354 (D) , 2.52 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

0.9 (D) , 6.4 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat.225, p.334