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Creator Role

sculptor producer issuer

Description

The commemorative medal's obverse depicts a face-only portrait of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, an American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation. The medal's reverse features an image of a large hand, wrist, and forearm. A male sculptor lies on the sculpture's forearm and places a chisel at the wrist.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

1971

Measurement

1 3/4 inches (diameter)

Materials and Techniques Display

bronze

Inscription

obverse: THE HALL OF FAME FOR GREAT AMERICANS / 1848 / 1907 / SAINT GAUDENS / AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY edge: MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. BRONZE

Subjects

New York University. Hall of Fame for Great Americans; Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907

Work Type

commemorative medal

Class

coins & medals

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

3154.11

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

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