Object details
Object number
M27e51
Creator(s)
Bela Lyon Pratt
(Norwich, Connecticut, 1867 - 1917, Boston)
Title
Medal of William Henry Cardinal O'Connell
Date
1908
Medium
Copper
Dimensions
7.6 cm (3 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed and dated (obverse): GVLIELMVS.ARCHIEPISCOPVS.BOSTONIENSIS.MCMVII
Signed (obverse): B L Pratt
Inscribed (reverse): ANNO.CENTESIMO.DIOECESEOS.FELICITER.PERACTO / VIGOR IN ARDVIS
Provenance
Gift from Cardinal William Henry O'Connell, Archbishop of Boston, 1907–1944 to Isabella Stewart Gardner probably around 1908.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Bibliography
Yale University Art Gallery ECatalogue, New Haven, accessed 2013. http://artgallery.yale.edu
Tanya Karpiak. "The medallic secrets of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." The Medal (Autumn 2014), p. 16.
Gallery
Long Gallery
Case
Presidents And Statesmen Case
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