Collection Highlights
Three Iroquois: Atotárho Protected by Black Snakes, Flanked by Deganawida Offering Wampum and Hiawatha
c. 1827
X.520[dup]
Watercolor, black and brown ink, and brown gouache over graphite on beige paper, laid on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal
Title
Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal
Date
1914-1918
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
diameter: 2 11/16 in. ( 6.8 cm )
Description
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust of Woodrow Wilson facing three quarters to the left; with torch at left labelled "LIBERTY" and fasces at right labelled "DROIT"; insription beneath portrait: "WILSON"; all surrounded by border of stars with eagle below, at center. Reverse depicts three classically clad female figures symbolizing WWI allied forces; cannon and building of Notre Dame de Paris in background; in exergue: "Le Droit est plus precieux que/la Paix....Nous nous battons/pour la Liberte."
Credit Line
Estate of Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number
1966.131
Marks
Inscription: obverse, vertically, at left of field: "Rene Gregoire/Paris 1917"
Inscription: reverse, at lower left of field: "RG"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "BRONZE"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
