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Lewis Pingo

Open Book of Exodus [reverse], designed c. 1780/1790, awarded 1846

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Medium

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
gross weight: 17.15 gr (0.038 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin

Accession Number

2002.146.12.b

Artists / Makers

Lewis Pingo (medalist) British, 1743 - 1830

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: HEAR.READ.MARK.LEARN; on the book: EXODUS; in exergue: CHRISTS HOSPITAL / INST.MDLII.

Provenance

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 2002 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Lisa

Bibliography

1969: Hawkins, Edward. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II. 2 vols. London, 1969: 2:60-61, no. 15.

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 950, repro.

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