Title Yale Bicentennial Medal Alternate Title Yale University 200th Anniversary Medal Materials Silver; Bronze Year Modeled 1901 Year Cast 1901 Year Cut NA Year Commissioned 1899 by Professors Weir and Niemeyer Size 2 3/4 in Subject Keywords Education, Medallion Current Location(s) Silver - Location Unknown. Bronze (Many) - University Archives, Yale University Library, New Haven, CT. Bronze - Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA. Bronze - Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH. Provenance No previous locations known. Original Cost to Produce $1,000.00   2009 GDP Value $21,900.00    Images (click for larger image) Clay sketch. Silver obverse. Silver reverse. Bronze obverse. Bronze reverse. Ledger entry. Image Credits Include: Cynthia Sam  Awards No awards for this work.  Exhibitions October 29 - November 10, 1917: Bela Lyon Pratt Memorial Exhibition, Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA. September 1989: Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA.  Inscription (Obverse Top) LUX ET VERITAS (Obverse Bottom) B. L. Pratt (Reverse) UNIVERSITAS YALENSIS - A.D. MDCCCCI - CONCELEBRAT COLLEGIUM YALENSE - A.D. MDCCI CONDITUM  Notes Silver medal presented to President Theodore Roosevelt. One bronze medal presented to Bela Pratt. In November 1982, astronaut Joseph P. Allen carried a bronze medal aboard the first operational space shuttle, Columbia STS-5.  Related Works No related works.  Related Articles Yale Bicentennial Plans - Complete Programme Now Made Public, The New York Times (New York, NY), Sunday, June 16, 1901 (153 KB). The Yale Medal, Which Has Been Cast For The Bicentennial Observance, Boston Herald (Boston, MA), Tuesday, October 22, 1901 (348 KB). The Day's Exercises, The New York Times (New York, NY), Tuesday, October 22, 1901 (342 KB). Bicentennial Medal, Source Unknown, Month Unknown, 1901 (140 KB). Magician Of Plastic Art - Bela Pratt's Ascent Of The Ladder Of Fame As A Natural American Sculptor, Boston Herald (Boston, MA), Monday, December 1, 1902 (764 KB). Exhibition Of Mr. Pratt's Sculptures At The St. Botolph Club, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), Thursday, December 4, 1902 (741 KB). Bela L. Pratt's Sculptures - His Exhibition A Striking One At The St. Botolph Club, Boston Herald (Boston, MA), Thursday, December 4, 1902 (607 KB). For The St. Louis World's Fair, The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, MO), Sunday, January 11, 1903 (507 KB). The Work Of Bela L. Pratt, Sculptor, New England Magazine (Boston, MA), February, 1903 (2.71 MB). The Work Of Bela L. Pratt, The International Studio (New York, NY), July, 1909 (2.56 MB). Sculptures Of Patriotic Subjects By Bela L. Pratt, Century Path Weekly Illustrated (Point Loma, CA), July 31, 1910 (961 KB). A Noted Sculptor Dies - Bela L. Pratt Studies Under Famous Masters In America And France, Baltimore News (Baltimore, MD), Tuesday, May 22, 1917 (205 KB). One Of Bela Lyon Pratt's Typical Marble Ideal Figures, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), Tuesday, October 30, 1917 (1.17 MB). The Medal In America - Coinage Of The Americas Conference At The American Numismatic Society, New York, Edited By Alan M. Stahl, 1988 (5.51 MB).  Related Personal Letters From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), May 7, 1899 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), May 14, 1899 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), October 22, 1899 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), December 17, 1899 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), January 21, 1900 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 12, 1900 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 18, 1900 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), May 26, 1900 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), November 4, 1900 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), November 16, 1900 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), December 8, 1900 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 3, 1901 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), November 16, 1902  Related Links No links available for this work. We Need Your Help! If you have information regarding this piece that you would like to add to the Website, please contact us.
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