Details
AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS (1848-1907)
'George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medal, 1899', A Silver Medal
the obverse inscribed 'GEORGE WASHINGTON.PATER.PATRIAE. M.D.C.C.LXXXXIX.' AND 'PHILIP MARTIGNY.MODELLER.DESIGN.AND .COPYRIGHT.BY.AVUVSTVS.SAINT.GAVDENS., the reverse inscribed TO.COMMEMORATE.THE.INAVGVRATION.OF.GEORGE.WASHINGTON AS.FIRST.PRESIDENT .OF.THE VNITED-STATES.OF.AMERICA AT.NEW.YORK.APRIL.XXX M.D.C.C.C.LXXX IX.BY.AVTHORITY.OF.THE.COMMITTEE ON.CELEBRATION NEW.YORK.APRIL.XXX.M.D.C.C.C.LXXXIX.'
4½in. (11.4cm.) high, within original leather box inscribed 'Henry G. Marquand' and 'BY AUTHORITY OF THE COMMITTEE WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL MEDAL 1789-1889 DESIGNED BY AUGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS MODELED BY PHILIP MARTINY.'
Provenance
Henry G. Marquand, New York
Literature
J.H. Dryfhout, The Works of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover, NH, 1982, cat. no. 134, p. 177
