[Design for New York Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations medal, featuring three allegorical figures and the symbol of Mercury]
still image
graphic
still image
Graphite drawings-1850-1860.
Design drawings-1850-1860.
Allegorical drawings-1850-1860.
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1853
monographic
[ca. 1853]
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1 drawing : graphite on laid paper ; sheet 31 x 39.7 cm
Drawing shows design for a medal from the 1853 New York International Exhibition of the Indusry of All Nations, depicting a crowned female figure with her hand outstretched as if to place a wreath upon the head of a second, kneeling woman. Behind the kneeling woman stands a winged figure, possibly male, holding a ball with wings.
No known restrictions on publication.
Title devised by Library staff.
Inventoried as one of thirty-two allegories.
Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 552.
(DLC/PP-1996:023.552).
Forms part of: John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress).
New York Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (1853-1854 : New York, N.Y.)
Associated objects
Medals
1850-1860
DRWG/US - Unattributed, no. 108
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.99752
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DLC
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