B29: Asa Gray (1810-1888)
Medals and Medallions
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- B29
- People
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Unidentified Artist
Asa Gray (1810-1888)
- Title
- Asa Gray (1810-1888)
- Classification
- Medals and Medallions
- Work Type
- medal
- Date
- 1876
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/305097
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Technique
- Cast
- Dimensions
- 7.6 cm (3 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: obverse: around perimeter: INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION / PHILADELPHIA, MDCCCLXXVI; in center: AWARDED BY UNITED STATES CENTENNIAL COMMISSION
- inscription: reverse: AWARDED BY / UNITED STATES / CENTENNIAL / COMMISSION
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Gift of the U. S. Centennial Commision to Dr. Asa Gray, 1876, Gray Herbarium
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of the U. S. Centennial Commision to Dr. Asa Gray, 1876, Gray Herbarium
- Object Number
- B29
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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