Commemorating Discovery of the Hudson River in 1609, and the First Use of Steam Navigation on the Hudson in 1807
Commemorating Discovery of the Hudson River in 1609, and the First Use of Steam Navigation on the Hudson in 1807
Commemorating Discovery of the Hudson River in 1609, and the First Use of Steam Navigation on the Hudson in 1807
Commemorating Discovery of the Hudson River in 1609, and the First Use of Steam Navigation on the Hudson in 1807

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Commemorating Discovery of the Hudson River in 1609, and the First Use of Steam Navigation on the Hudson in 1807

Emil Fuchs, Austrian, 1866–1929
y1945-87

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Title
Commemorating Discovery of the Hudson River in 1609, and the First Use of Steam Navigation on the Hudson in 1807
Maker
Emil Fuchs
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
diam. 10.3 cm (4 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry White Cannon, Sr., in 1909
Object Number
y1945-87
Signatures
Lower right: E. FUCHS; Verso, lower right of image area: FUCHS
Inscription
Inscribed, upper center, in relief: ROBERT FULTON / 1765 1815; Inscribed, bottom center, in relief: FIRST USE OF STEAM IN NAVIGATION / ON THE HUDSON RIVER / 1807; Verso, circular inscription around upper, edge, in relief: DISCOVERY OF HUDSON RIVER BY HENRY HUDSON A.D. MDCIX; Verso, inscribed, lower left edge, in relief: THE AMERICAN / NUMISMATIC SOCIETY; Verso, inscribed, lower right edge, in relief: HUDSON FULTON / CELEBRATION COMM.; Verso, inscribed, bottom center, in relief: HALVE / MAENE;
Culture
American
Type
medals
Materials
silver
Subject
steamships, sextants, plant-derived motifs, seamen, anchors (watercraft equipment), buildings, figures (representations), men, commemoratives, women

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