Details
Designer | after Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American, 1848-1907 |
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Designer | Philip Martiny, American, 1858-1927 |
Manufacturer | Gorham Manufacturing Co., American, established 1831 |
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Date | 1889 |
Medium | bronze |
Dimensions | Overall: 4 5/8 inches (11.7 cm) |
Credit Line | Gift of the Gorham Manufacturing Company. |
Accession Number | 02.37.2 |
Department | American Art before 1950 |
Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
Inscriptions | Inscribed, on obverse, top center: Geroge Washington Inscribed, on obverse, center: Pater Patriae | M DGGL XX XIX Inscribed, on obverse, under portrait: Philip Martiny modtler design and copyright by Augustus Saint-Gaudens Inscribed, on reverse: To commemorate| the inauguration | of George Washington |as first President of the | United States of America |at New York April XXX |MD CCCL XXXIX|By authority of the committee| on celebrations | New York April |XXX | M D C C C LXXXIX Inscribed, on reverse, on eagle’s shield: E Pluribus Unum |
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Provenance
1902-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)