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George Hampden Lovett

Inscription [reverse], 1889

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Medium

white metal

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 3.97 cm (1 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of E.P. Whaites)

Accession Number

2015.19.3894.b

Artists / Makers

George Hampden Lovett (die engraver) American, 1824 - 1894

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Inscription

across field: CENTENNIAL / CELEBRATION / OF THE / INAUGURATION / OF / GEORGE WASHINGTON / FIRST PRESIDENT / OF THE / UNITED STATES / APRIL 30, 1789

Provenance

Edward P. Whaites, Alderson, West Virginia; gift 1888 to the Cocoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Whaites, Edward P.

Exhibition History

1989: Hail, Washington, Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Washington, 1989-1990, unnumbered catalogue.

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