MEDAL
Creator(s): Paul Vincze (Artist) , Medallic Art Company (Foundry)
Currently in storage
About this object
Medal celebrating the two hundreth anniversary of James Smithson's birth at the occasion of a celebration at the Smithsonian Institution. On obverse: full profile portrait of James Smithson, facing left, around border, an inscription. On reverse frontal view of the Smithsonian Castle with inscription.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.153
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; MARK on front: James Smithson 1765-1829, signature of artist P. Vincze, on back: For the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge among men Smithsonian Institution, Presented at the Bicentennial of James Smithson 1765-1965; mark: Medallic Art Co., N.Y. Bronze
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973