Thomas Eakins House Restoration Commemorative Medal [obverse], 1972

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Medium

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1980.45.1567.a

Artists / Makers

Leonard Baskin (sculptor) American, 1922 - 2000

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Inscription

in exergue: .EAKINS. / BASKIN.F.; around edge, "FM" in monogram: STERLING c FM 72 0078

Marks and Labels

FM: Franklin Mint

Provenance

Cast 1972 by Franklin Mint, Philadelphia.[1] Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Alverthorpe, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania;[2] bequest 1980 to NGA.

[1] This cast is number 78 out of 1,000.

[2] A note in NGA curatorial files in the hand of Edith Rosenwald (Mrs. Lessing Rosenwald) reads "Given me by Seymour Adelman." Seymour Adelman was involved with the restoration of the Thomas Eakins house and studio.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius