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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1657.11
People
Lorado Zadoc Taft, American (Elmwood, IL 1860 - 1936 Chicago, IL)
Title
Great Lakes
Other Titles
Alternate Title: ISSUES 1-27 SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS.
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
1935
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229785

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
171.18 g, 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: reverse, l.r.: LT
  • inscription: Obverse: Ontario sends greetings to the sea. Reverse: Ontario Michigan Huron Superior Erie. Around edge: Society of Medalists Eleventh Issue. Medallic Art Co., NY

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Presumably from the Society of Medalists to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, 1935; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1657.11
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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