Henry Clay Campaign Token
Unknown American, American
1844
White metal
Overall: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ralph Becker, Father of William Becker, Class of 1964
165.31.31577
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Communication Artifacts: Documentary Artifact
Research Area
American History
Not on view
Inscriptions
obv: Inscribed: H. CLAY. THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE. THE STAR OF THE WEST; [Circle of twenty-six stars and date 1844 enclosing togate bust facing left.] rev: [Female figure representing liberty, seated on clouds, with nude child, seated at her right, holding aloft a flaming torch; in background globe of world with rays behind] Below, scroll inscribed: UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL
Provenance
Collected by Raph E. Becker (1907-1994), father of William W. Becker, Class of 1964; given to present collection, 1965.
Catalogue Raisonne
Satterlee #142
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