1952.76: Pony Express
Medals and Medallions
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1952.76
- People
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James Earle Fraser, American (Winona, MN 1876 - 1953 Westport, CT)
- Title
- Pony Express
- Classification
- Medals and Medallions
- Work Type
- medal
- Date
- 1952
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/229053
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 155.84 g, 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: reverse, lower edge: James Earle Fraser
- inscription: Obverse: Pony Express. Ten days to San Francisco. Reverse: New Frontiers. 1849. Around edge: The Society of Medalists 45th Issue 1952 - James E. Fraser, Sculptor. Medallic Art Co., NY. Bronze
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Society of Medalists; to Fogg Art Museum, 1952.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Society of Medalists
- Accession Year
- 1952
- Object Number
- 1952.76
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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