Medal commemorating Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1882
This bronze commemorative medal honours the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Designed by American sculptor Bela Lyon Pratt, the medal is circular in form with a diameter of 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The obverse features a high-relief portrait bust of Longfellow shown with full beard and wavy hair, framed by a circular wreath border around the rim.
According to the museum documentation, the reverse carries an inscription reading: "HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLO/POET/BORN IN PORTLAND MAINE/FEBRUARY 27-1807/DIED IN CAMBRIDGE/MASSACHUSETTS/MARCH 24-1882". The work is dated to circa 1882 and originated in the United States.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Technical characteristics
- Inscriptions
- inscribed on reverse: HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLO/POET/BORN IN PORTLAND MAINE/FEBRUARY 27-1807/DIED IN CAMBRIDGE/MASSACHUSETTS/MARCH 24-1882
- Maker recorded
- Bela Lyon Pratt, American, 1867–1917
- Place recorded
- United States
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Art Institute of Chicago collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Medal commemorating Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Museum object number
- 1907.292a
Catalogue references
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