Daniel Webster Commemorative Medal
Charles Cushing Wright, American, 1796 - 1854
1852
Bronze
Overall: 3 1/16 × 3 1/16 × 5/16 in. (7.7 × 7.7 × 0.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of J. Eric Engstrom, Class of 1965, in memory of Frederick Dold, Class of 1925, and Horace Carver, Class of 1928
2019.86
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Sculpture: Medal
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Inscribed, left edge: DANIEL; inscribed, right edge: WEBSTER.; inscribed, bottom edge: C.C.WRIGHT.D&F. Reverse: Inscribed, left to right edge, within wreath: LIBERTY AND UNION, NOW AND FOREVER, ONE AND INSEPARABLE.; inscribed, beneath column: I STILL LIVE; inscribed, beneath landscape: MEADE.BROS.DAG: F.W.GREEN.PUB:
Provenance
J. Henri Ripstra (1881–1961), Chicago Auction February 13–15, 1975 Lot 898, Coates Agency–Fort Wayne, Indiana; sold to J. Eric Engstrom, Class of 1965, Wichita, KS; given to present collection, 2019.
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