Artist/Maker
George Hampden Lovett
(1824-1894)
Related person
American Institute of the City of New York
(1828 – 1983)
American Institute Medal
ca. 1869
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Bronze
Overall (diameter): 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
INV.10715
The American Institute was founded in NY in 1827 as a national organization dedicated to supporting the industrial and agrarian arts. Its annual fairs, held in Mechanics Hall, and later Masonic Hall and Niblo's Garden, were in the words of Luther Bradish, a former Governor of New York and 10th President of the N-YHS, "extensive and brilliant displays of the most valuable specimens of domestic skill and industry."
DescriptionBronze struck medal with obverse showing figure of Liberty holding laurel wreath and pole surmounted by Phrygian cap; at left are tools of agriculture and sailing ship in the background; at right -- symbols of American state and cornucopia; legend above: "AMERICAN INSTITUTE."; inscription in exergue: "NEW YORK." Reverse has space for engraving at center, enclosed within open laurel wreath, with legend: "AWARDED TO" and engraved inscription below: "W.H.Paine/For/Suveying&Measuring/Apparatus./1869."MarkingsInscription: obverse, below exergual line, at left: "G.H.LOVETT N.Y."
ClassificationsMEDALS