PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF CHARLES SIMON
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)
'George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medal, 1889' A Gilt Bronze Medal
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)
'George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medal, 1889' A Gilt Bronze Medal
inscribed 'AVGVSTVS SAINT-GAUDENS' and 'COPYRIGHT BY', 'PHILIP MARTINY MODELLER DESIGNER AND', 'GEORGE WASHINGTON', 'PATER/PATRIAE/MDCCL/XXXIX', 'TO COMMEMORATE THE INAVGVRATION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AS FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE VNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT NEW YORK/APRIL XXX MDCCLXXXIX BY THE AVTHVROITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON CELEBRATION NEW YORK APRIL XXX/MDCCCLXXIX'
4½in. (11.5cm.) diameter; gilt bronze patina
'George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medal, 1889' A Gilt Bronze Medal
inscribed 'AVGVSTVS SAINT-GAUDENS' and 'COPYRIGHT BY', 'PHILIP MARTINY MODELLER DESIGNER AND', 'GEORGE WASHINGTON', 'PATER/PATRIAE/MDCCL/XXXIX', 'TO COMMEMORATE THE INAVGVRATION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AS FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE VNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT NEW YORK/APRIL XXX MDCCLXXXIX BY THE AVTHVROITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON CELEBRATION NEW YORK APRIL XXX/MDCCCLXXIX'
4½in. (11.5cm.) diameter; gilt bronze patina
Literature
J.H. Dryhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover & London, 1982, p. 177-78, no. 134, illlus.