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Collection: Cornell University Political Americana Collection

ID Number: 2214.TK0000

Title: Washington Inauguration Items, ca. 1789-1877

Date Made: ca. 1789-1877

Party: Federalist

Election: 1789; 1792

Item Count: 5

Classification: Metalwork; Prints

Object Type: Buttons (Fasteners); Medals; Portraits; Illustrations; Clippings

Measurements: Mount: 6 5/8 x 8 5/8 in.; 16.8275 x 21.9075 cm

Materials & Techniques: Striking (metalworking); Copper alloy; Wood engraving (process)

Notes: 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.

Subjects: Washington, George; Politics; Promotional materials; Spectators; Events; Inaugurations; American flags; Symbols; Animals; Eagles; Shields; Initials; Stars; Portraits; Busts; Profile portraits; Flowers; Commemoratives; Boaters; Birds

Repository: Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214?Rare & Manuscript Collections?Cornell University Library?Cornell University

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