Franklin Delano Roosevelt Second Inaugural Medal [obverse]
1937
Designer, American, 1895 - 1967
Manufacturer, American, est. 1910 - closed 2016
Joseph A. Atchison (designer), Medallic Art Company (manufacturer)
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 7.62 cm (3 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.19.3760.a
Associated Artworks
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Second Inaugural Medal [reverse]
Joseph A. Atchison, Medallic Art Company
1937
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mrs. Corcoran Thom [née Mary Huntington Lay, 1877-1957], Washington; gift 1956 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left above sitter's proper right shoulder: JA ATCHISON Sc ©; around top circumference: FRANKLIN.DELANO.ROOSEVELT; around bottom circumference: SECOND INAUGURATION JAN.20 1937; around top inner circumference: 1933 1941; around bottom inner circumference: 31ST. PRESIDENT