Collection Highlights
View of Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, New York
after 1883
1904.22
Black ink, white gouache, and graphite on photo-sensitive paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Medal
Title
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Medal
Date
1889
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
diameter: 3 1/16 in. ( 7.7 cm )
Description
Bronze struck medal with obverse depicting clothed bust of Benjamin Harrison facing left with legend: "BENJAMIN HARRISON"; all within beaded border. Reverse contains inscription at center enclosed within open laurel wreath: "INAUGURATED/PRESIDENT/OF THE/UNITED STATES/MARCH 4/1889"; all within beaded border.
Object Number
165
Marks
Inscription: obverse, on bust truncation, at right: "C.E.BARBER. F."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
