George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medal [reverse]
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): 11.43 cm (4 1/2 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.3895.b
Artwork history & notes
Inscriptions
around circumference, thirty-eight five-pointed stars; across field: TO.COMMEMORATE / THE.INAVGVRATION / OF.GEORGE.WASHINGTON / AS.FIRST.PRESiDENT.OF.THE / VNITED STATES.OF.AMERICA / AT.NEW.YORK.APRIL.XXX / M.D.C.C.LXXXIX. / BY.AVTHORITY.OF / THE.COMMITTEE / ON.CELEBRATION / NEW YORK.APRIL / XXX. / .M.D.C.C.C.LXXXIX.; across shield on eagle's chest: E / PLVRIBVS / VNVM