Medal: Commemorating GEORGE WASHINGTON
Artist: Thomas Webb (English, active 1800-1830)
Date: 1805
Dimensions:
3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
Medium: bronze
Place of Origin: England, United Kingdom
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus
Object number: 1907.45
DescriptionObverse: George Washington in profile, to right.
Inscribed around: GENERAL WASHINGTON. INSCRIBED TO HIS MEMORY BY D. ECCLESTON. LANCASTER MDCCCV.
Reverse: Figure of standing Indian.
Inscribed in concentric circles: HE LAID THE FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN LIBERTY IN THE XVIII CENTURY./INNUMERABLE MILLIONS YET UNBORN WILL VENERATE THE MEMORY./OF THE MAN WHO OBTAINED THEIR COUNTRY'S FREEDOM/ THE LAND WAS OURS.
Inscribed around: GENERAL WASHINGTON. INSCRIBED TO HIS MEMORY BY D. ECCLESTON. LANCASTER MDCCCV.
Reverse: Figure of standing Indian.
Inscribed in concentric circles: HE LAID THE FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN LIBERTY IN THE XVIII CENTURY./INNUMERABLE MILLIONS YET UNBORN WILL VENERATE THE MEMORY./OF THE MAN WHO OBTAINED THEIR COUNTRY'S FREEDOM/ THE LAND WAS OURS.
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