Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
1773-1809
1867.298
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
Title
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
Date
1917
Medium
Bronze; cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Diameter: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Case (bottom): 3 1/8 x 3 x 3/8 in. (7.9 x 7.6 x 1 cm)
Description
Bronze cast medal with obverse showing idealized female head facing right, crowned with laurel wreath, within beaded border. Reverse depicts allegorical nude male figure facing left, pouring water from elongated vase resting on his shoulder; inscritpion: "TO COMMEMORATE THE COMPLETION/OF THE CATSKILL AQUEDUCT/AN ACHIEVEMENT OF CIVIC SPIRIT/SCIENTIFIC GENIUS AND FAITHFUL LABOR/1905 NEW YORK 1917." Square cardboard case bottom.
Object Number
INV.3603
Marks
Inscription: obverse, on bust truncation, at left: "DCF"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
