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Henry Kirke Bush-Brown (engraver/modeler), Medallic Art Company (die engraver), U.S. Mint (manufacturer)

Herbert Hoover Inaugural Medal [obverse], 1929

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 6.99 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Julius Garfinckel)

Accession Number

2015.19.3639.b

Artists / Makers

Henry Kirke Bush-Brown (engraver/modeler) American, 1857 - 1935

Medallic Art Company (die engraver) American, est. 1910 - closed 2016

U.S. Mint (manufacturer) American, est. 1792

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Inscription

across top of field: HERBERT HOOVER / PRESIDENT / CHARLES CURTIS / VICE / PRESIDENT; lower left on map: B France German[y] Austria; lower center on book, left: DE Metal; lower center on book, right: RE / liea; center on banner held by eagle : E PLURIBUS UNUM

Provenance

Julius Garfinckel [1872-1936], Washington; gift 1929 to the Cocoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Garfinckel, Julius