Washington Inauguration Items, ca. 1789-1877
- Title:
- Washington Inauguration Items, ca. 1789-1877
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- Washington, George, American (1732-1799), President
- Date:
- ca. 1789-1877
- Election Date:
- 1789
- ID Number:
- 2214.TK0000
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214TK0000_001.jpg
- Political Party:
- Federalist
- Work Type:
- metalwork (visual works)
medals
portraits
illustrations by form
clippings (information artifacts)
Buttons (Fasteners)
Prints - Materials/Techniques:
- Striking (metalworking)
Copper alloy
Wood engraving (process) - Subject:
- Buttons (fasteners)
Medals
Portraits
Illustrations
Clippings
Washington, George
Politics
Promotional materials
Spectators
Events
Inaugurations
American flags
Symbols
Animals
Eagles
Shields
Initials
Stars
Busts
Profile portraits
Flowers
Commemoratives
Boaters
Birds - Measurement:
- 16.8275 x 21.9075 (Mount) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Fischer (1988: 2-5) identifies the MARCH THE FOURTH medal and the GW / LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT clothing button as dating to 1789 and the two Washington Portrait SUCCESS TO THE UNITED STATES medals as dating to 1792. Item donor Susan H. Douglas identifies the First Inauguration of a President wood engraving as originating in an 1877 work by E.M. Devens titled Our First Century
name of artist illegible. - Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.