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Collections: American Art: "Friend Fenton"

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"Friend Fenton"

Artist: Olin Levi Warner, American, 1844-1896
Medium: Bronze
Dates: 1878
Dimensions: 7 x 7 1/16 x 1 in. (17.8 x 17.9 x 2.5 cm)
Signature: Inscribed in lower right, in script "To / friend / Fenton / O. L. Warner / N.Y. 1878"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 24.557
Credit Line: Museum Collection Fund
Image: Overall, 24.557_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Cast portrait medal with bust of the artist's friend, Thomas Fenton, profile head of man with beard facing left, in relief on round medallion. Condition: Good; some green and white substances in crevices.

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