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George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medal [obverse]

1889

George Hampden Lovett

Die Engraver, American, 1824 - 1894

George Hampden Lovett

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Artwork overview

Medium

white metal
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of E.P. Whaites)
Dimensions

overall (diameter): 3.97 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.3894.a

Inscription [reverse]

George Hampden Lovett

1889

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Edward P. Whaites, Alderson, West Virginia; gift 1888 to the Cocoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1989

Hail, Washington, Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Washington, 1989-1990, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

on truncation of the bust: G H L; around circumference: GEORGE WASHINGTON

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