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| Title |
Yale Bicentennial Medal |
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| 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.
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Provenance
- No previous locations known.
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| Original Cost to Produce |
$1,000.00 |
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| 2009 GDP Value |
$21,900.00 |
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Images
(click for larger image)
 Clay sketch. |
 Silver obverse. |
 Silver reverse. |
 Bronze obverse. |
 Bronze reverse. |
 Ledger entry. |
| Image Credits Include: Cynthia Sam |
Awards
Exhibitions
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
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
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