Fame Crowning Painting and Sculpture [reverse]

1847

Paul Peter Duggan

Designer, American, c. 1800 - 1861

Charles Cushing Wright

Die Engraver, American, 1796 - 1854

Charles Cushing Wright, die engraver, after design by Paul Peter Duggan

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Nancy and Merl Moore

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 6.42 cm (2 1/2 in.)
    gross weight: 145.37 gr (0.32 lb.)
    axis: 12:00

  • Accession Number

    2003.145.4.b

Associated Artworks

Washington Allston, 1779-1843, Painter [obverse]

Paul Peter Duggan, Charles Cushing Wright

1847

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Col. and Mrs. Merl Moore, Falls Church, Virginia; gift 2003 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2007

  • Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 953, repro.

Inscriptions

around circumference: AMERICAN ART-UNION; under Fame's right foot: P.P. DUGGAN DEL., below: 1847; in exergue: C.C. WRIGHT SC

Wikidata ID

Q63861675

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