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Charles Cushing Wright, die engraver, after design by Paul Peter Duggan

Washington Allston, 1779-1843, Painter [obverse], 1847

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 6.42 cm (2 1/2 in.)
gross weight: 145.37 gr (0.32 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Nancy and Merl Moore

Accession Number

2003.145.4.a

Artists / Makers

Paul Peter Duggan (designer) American, c. 1800 - 1861

Charles Cushing Wright (die engraver) American, 1796 - 1854

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Inscription

around circumference: WASHINGTON ALLSTON; near rim: P.P. DUGGAN DEL. C.C. WRIGHT SC.

Provenance

Col. and Mrs. Merl Moore, Falls Church, Virginia; gift 2003 to NGA.

Associated Names

Moore, Jr. (US Ret.), Merl M., Colonel

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 953, repro.

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