Herbert Hoover Inaugural Medal [obverse]
1929
Henry Kirke Bush-Brown
Engraver/modeler, American, 1857 - 1935
Medallic Art Company
Die Engraver, American, est. 1910 - closed 2016
U.S. Mint
Manufacturer, American, est. 1792
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Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 6.99 cm (2 3/4 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.3758.a
Associated Artworks
Herbert Hoover Inaugural Medal [reverse]
Henry Kirke Bush-Brown, Medallic Art Company, U.S. Mint
1929
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mrs. Corcoran Thom [née Mary Huntington Lay, 1877-1957], Washington; gift 1956 to the Cocoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left: BB; around circumference: INAUGURATION.MARCH 4 1929