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Medal: Abram Stevens Hewitt (Cleveland Museum of Art 1935.239)

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1875–1925

Cleveland Museum of Art object 1935.239: Medal: Abram Stevens Hewitt , 1875–1925. Louis-Oscar Roty (French, 1846–1911). Bronze; diameter: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.). Inscribed: obverse - "INGENIO .

SVO . VRBIS . BENEFACTOR . ET . REI . PVBLICAE . CONSERVATOR . ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT"; left of portrait bust: "AETAT/SVAE/LXXVIII"; right of portrait bust: "© Roty." On edge: "Tiffany & Co." reverse - band of lettering around edge: "RAPID TRANSIT -- THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, MDCCCC. On edge: "Tiffany & Co.". Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.

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Physical characteristics

Materials
bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)
Measurements
Diameter: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)
Material and technique
bronze

Design

Inscription
obverse - "INGENIO . SVO . VRBIS . BENEFACTOR . ET . REI . PVBLICAE . CONSERVATOR . ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT"; left of portrait bust: "AETAT/SVAE/LXXVIII"; right of portrait bust: "© Roty." On edge: "Tiffany & Co." reverse - band of lettering around edge: "RAPID TRANSIT -- THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, MDCCCC. On edge: "Tiffany & Co."

Identification

Date recorded
1875–1925
Culture period
France, late 19th-early 20th century
Maker recorded
Louis-Oscar Roty (French, 1846–1911)
Museum attribution
Louis-Oscar Roty (French, 1846–1911)
Holding institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Museum object number
1935.239
Museum classification
Metalwork

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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