
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Bronze Medal
- Artist: Adolph Alexander Weinman, American, 1870-1952
- Culture: American
- Medium: Bronze
- Dates: 1904
- Dimensions: 2 9/16 x 2 9/16 x 3/16 in. (6.5 x 6.5 x 0.5 cm)
- Signature: On obverse, in relief on lower right: "A. A. WEINMAN / FECIT."
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor - Accession Number: 50.105.178
- Credit Line: Gift of E.A. Meister
- Image: Front, 50.105.178_front_CP4.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008
- Catalogue Description: Circular medal. Obverse: Female allegorical figure wearing helmet cloaking herself and semi-nude female figure with braids with the American flag, sun in background at right, legend in relief around edge, "UNIVERSAL - EXPOSITIO[N] SAINT - LOUIS - UNITED - STATES - OF - AMERICA - / M - C - M - IV" [some letters partially obscured by figures]. Reverse: American eagle with outstretched wings atop rectangular plaque containing legend in relief, "BRONZE - MEDAL - / LOUISIANA - PURCHASE - / - EXPOSITION -," pair of dolphins below.
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