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

Fame Crowning Painting and Sculpture [reverse], 1849

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 6.39 cm (2 1/2 in.)
gross weight: 148.06 gr (0.326 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Nancy and Merl Moore

Accession Number

2003.145.3.b

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: AMERICAN ART-UNION; under Fame's left foot: C.C.W. F.; under Fame's right foot: P.P.D. D.; below: 1849

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. 957, repro.

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