The Elliot Cresson Medal, American, 1894
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1894
Medal in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 09.43.8), catalogued by the museum's The American Wing department under the title “The Elliot Cresson Medal”.
The museum dates it 1894 and records its origin as American. The museum records the medium as Bronze and gold leaf and the dimensions as Diam. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Men, Portraits, Profiles. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze and gold leaf
- Dimensions
- Diam. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Culture recorded
- American
Identification
- Met object id
- 14669
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- 09.43.8
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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