George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medal [obverse]
1889
Designer, American, born Ireland, 1848 - 1907
Engraver/modeler, American, born France, 1858 - 1927
Manufacturer, American, 1815 - present
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Gorham Manufacturing Company)
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 11.11 cm (4 3/8 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.3896.a
Associated Artworks
George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medal [reverse]
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Philip Martiny, Gorham Manufacturing Company
1889
Artwork history & notes
Inscriptions
under truncation of figure: PHILIP.MARTINY.MODELER.DESIGN. AND. / ..COPYRIGHT.BY.AVGVSTVS.SAINT.GAVDENS.; around outer circumference, thirteen five-pointed stars; around inner circumference: .GEORGE.WASHINGTON.; across center: .PATER. PAT RIAE. / .M.D.C.C.L. XX XIX.