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
Captain Charles Stewart Naval Medal
Title
Captain Charles Stewart Naval Medal
Date
1819-1885
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing uniformed bust of Charles Stewart with legend: "CAROLUS STEWART NAVIS AMER. CONSTITUTION DUX." Reverse shows naval battle scene with legend: "UNA VICTORIAM ERIPUIT RATIBUS BINIS" and inscription below exergual line: "INTER CONSTITU. NAV. AMERI./ET LEVANT ET CYANE NAV./ANG. DIE XX. FEBR./MDCCXV."
Object Number
1206
Marks
inscription: obverse, below bust truncation: "FURST. F."
inscription: reverse, on exergual line, at left: "FURST. F."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
