RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
St. Dominic Guzman
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
date made: 18th century
maker: unknown
place made: Ecuador
Physical Description: tin (painting material)
paint, oil (painting material)
gesso (frame material)
wood (frame material)
gilt (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 20 in x 17 in x 2 in; 50.8 cm x 43.18 cm x 5.08 cm
Credit line: Stapleton Foundation of Latin American Colonial Art
Topics: Saints
St. Martin of Porres
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
Date made: 18th century
maker: unknown
place made: Ecuador
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 16 3/4 in x 12 1/4 in x 3/8 in; 42.545 cm x 31.115 cm x .9525 cm
Credit line: Stapleton Foundation of Latin American Colonial Art
Topics: Saints
painting
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: painting
date made: 1775
maker: unknown
place made: Ecuador
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 16.5 cm x 23.1 cm x .8 cm; 6 1/2 in x 9 3/32 in x 5/16 in
Credit line: Stapleton Foundation of Latin American Colonial Art
Topics: Saints
King Melchior
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Sculpture
Date made: 18th century
maker: unknown
place made: Ecuador
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
paint (overall material)
gesso (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 23.5 cm x 13 cm x 16 cm; 9 1/4 in x 5 1/8 in x 6 5/16 in
Credit line: Stapleton Foundation of Latin American Colonial Art
King Balthazar
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Sculpture
Date made: 18th century
maker: unknown
place made: Ecuador
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
paint (overall material)
gesso (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 24.5 cm x 8.7 cm x 19 cm; 9 21/32 in x 3 7/16 in x 7 15/32 in
Credit line: Stapleton Foundation of Latin American Colonial Art
spectacles
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Spectacles
Spectacles; Vision Aids
date made: about 1773
about 1792
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
glass (overall material)
Measurements: extended: 2.5 cm x 12 cm x 10.7 cm; 31/32 in x 4 23/32 in x 4 7/32 in
Credit line: Dache M. Reeves
Topics: Ophthalmology
Grassi 2-Keyed Oboe
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: oboe
date made: 1775 - 1799
maker: Grassi
place made: Italy: Lombardy, Milan
Physical Description: boxwood (overall material)
ivory (overall material)
brass (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 54.5 cm; 21 7/16 in
reed: 2 3/4 in x 3/8 in; 6.985 cm x .9525 cm
upper joint 1: 8 9/16 in x 1 in; 21.74875 cm x 2.54 cm
upper joint 2: 9 1/8 in x 1 in; 23.1775 cm x 2.54 cm
lower joint 3: 9 9/16 in x 1 in; 24.28875 cm x 2.54 cm
lower joint/bell: 13 3/4 in x 2 13/16 in; 34.925 cm x 7.14375 cm
Publisher: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
Topics: Musical instruments
Music
Description: <p>This oboe was made by Barnaba Grassi in Milan, Italy, around 1775-1799. It is a 2-keyed oboe, made of boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keys. There are three interchangeable upper joints numbered 1 through 3 from the shortest for tuning. The oboe is stamped:</p>
<p>GRASSI<br>IN MILAN</p>
<p>This oboe was acquired from the collection of Leopoldo Franciolini in 1892. Leopoldo Franciolini (1844–1920) was an Italian antique dealer who flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is remembered as a fraudster who sold faked and altered historical musical instruments.</p>
Indian Peace Medal, George Washington, United States, 1795
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Medal; Indian Peace, Washington; Presidential
Date made: 1795
associated date: 1795
associated person: Washington, George
maker: Washington, George
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: hand-engraved (overall production method)
silvered (overall metal)
oval (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 14.76 cm x 10.36 cm; 5 13/16 in x 4 3/32 in
Credit line: Caldwell, John W
Topics: Indian Peace Medal
Indian Peace Medal, George Washington, United States, 1789
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
date made: after 1900
date on object: 1789
associated date: 1789
associated person: Washington, George
reverse engraver: Reich, John
manufacturer: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 6 mm x 75.7 mm; 1/4 in x 2 31/32 in
Topics: Indian Peace Medal
Description (Brief): One (1) George Washington Indian Peace medal
United States, 1789
Obverse Image: Bust of George Washington, right.
Obverse Text: GEORGE WASHINGTON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES / 1789
Reverse Image: Clasped hands below a crossed pipe and tomahawk.
Reverse Text: PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP
Indian Peace Medal, George Washington, United States, replica
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
date on object: 1789
Associated Name: Washington, George
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 62.8 mm; x 2 1/2 in
Topics: Indian Peace Medal
Indian Peace Medal, George Washington, United States, replica
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
date on object: 1789
Associated Name: Washington, George
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
aluminum (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 62.7 mm; x 2 7/16 in
Topics: Indian Peace Medal
"Season Medal"
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Date made: 1796
reverse designer: Trumbull, John
obverse designer: Trumbull, John
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
copper (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 48.2 mm; x 1 7/8 in
Credit line: U.S. Department of the Treasury, United States Mint
"Season Medal"
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Medal; Presidential
Date made: 1796
associated date: 1796
associated person: Washington, George
obverse designer: Trumbull, John
reverse designer: Trumbull, John
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
associated place: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
copper (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 48.2 mm; x 1 7/8 in
Credit line: Library of Congress
"Season Medal"
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Date made: 1796
obverse designer: Trumbull, John
reverse designer: Trumbull, John
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
copper (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 48.3 mm; x 1 7/8 in
Credit line: U.S. Department of the Treasury, United States Mint
Indian Peace Medal, John Adams, United States, 1797
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
date made: 1797
associated date: 1797
associated person: Adams, John
Furst, Moritz
Reich, John
obverse engraver: Furst, Moritz
reverse engraver: Reich, John
manufacturer: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 5 mm x 51 mm; 3/16 in x 2 in
Topics: Indian Peace Medal
Description (Brief): One (1) John Adams Indian Peace medal
United States, 1797
Obverse Image: Bust of Adams, right.
Obverse Text: JOHN ADAMS PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. / A.D. 1797.
Reverse Image: Clasped hands below a crossed pipe and tomahawk.
Reverse Text: PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP
Indian Peace Medal, John Adams, United States, 1797
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
medal; Presidential; Indian Peace
date on object: 1797
associated date: 1797
associated person: Furst, Moritz
Reich, John
Adams, John
obverse engraver: Furst, Moritz
reverse engraver: Reich, John
manufacturer: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 51 mm; x 2 in
Credit line: Library of Congress
Topics: Indian Peace Medal
Indian Peace Medal, John Adams, United States, 1797
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
date made: 1797
obverse engraver: Furst, Moritz
reverse engraver: Reich, John
manufacturer: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 76 mm; x 3 in
Credit line: U.S. Department of the Treasury, United States Mint
Topics: Indian Peace Medal
Indian Peace Medal, Thomas Jefferson, United States, 1801
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
date made: 1801
Associated Name: Jefferson, Thomas
mint: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
obverse engraver: Scot, Robert
reverse engraver: Scot, Robert
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
silver (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 10.15 cm; 4 in
Credit line: Gift Fund: Lookout Family
Publisher: Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms, http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
Topics: Indian Peace Medal
Description: United States Mint, Philadelphia. Obverse: Bust of Thomas Jefferson facing left. Reverse: Clasped hands, crossed peace pipe and hatchet above; PEACE/AND/FRIENDSHIP. This medal is hollow, consisting of two thin, embossed silver plates, one for each side of the medal. The two were held together by a silver ring, running around the entire circumference of the piece. The medal was created in this fashion because the United States Mint lacked a coining press strong enough to strike heavy, solid medals. This medal accompanied Lewis and Clark on their epochal journey West.
Indian Peace Medal, Thomas Jefferson, United States, 1801
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
medal; Indian Peace; Presidential
Date made: 1801
associated date: 1801
associated person: Jefferson, Thomas
Reich, John
manufacturer: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 74.8 mm; x 2 15/16 in
Credit line: Library of Congress
Topics: Indian Peace Medal
PEACE
AND
FRIENDSHIP
Indian Peace Medal, Thomas Jefferson, United States, 1801
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Date made: 1801
associated date: 1801
associated person: Jefferson, Thomas
obverse engraver: Reich, John
reverse engraver: Reich, John
manufacturer: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 8 mm x 74.9 mm; 5/16 in x 2 15/16 in
Topics: Indian Peace Medal
Description (Brief): One (1) Thomas Jefferson Indian Peace medal
United States, 1801
Obverse Image: Bust of Thomas Jefferson, left.
Obverse Text: TH. JEFFERSON PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. A.D. 1801
Reverse Image: Clasped hands below a crossed pipe and tomahawk.
Reverse Text: PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP
Indian Peace Medal, Thomas Jefferson, United States, 1801
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Date made: 1801
Associated Name: Jefferson, Thomas
manufacturer: United States Mint
obverse engraver: Reich, John
reverse engraver: Reich, John
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 74.9 mm; x 2 15/16 in
Topics: Indian Peace Medal
Indian Peace Medal, Thomas Jefferson, United States (copy)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Date made: 1801
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
silver plated bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 8.1 mm x 76.1 mm; 5/16 in x 3 in
Topics: Indian Peace Medal
Indian Peace Medal, Thomas Jefferson, United States, 1801
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Date made: 1801
Associated Name: Jefferson, Thomas
obverse engraver: Reich, John
reverse engraver: Reich, John
manufacturer: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 52 mm; x 2 1/16 in
Topics: Indian Peace Medal
handkerchief
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Handkerchief
Date made: 1800 - 1850
maker: unknown
place made: United States
Physical Description: cotton (overall material)
printed (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: average spatial: 22 1/2 in x 25 in; x 57.15 cm x 63.5 cm
Indian Peace Medal, James Madison, United States, 1809
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
medal; Indian Peace; Presidential
Date made: 1814
date made: 1909
1809
associated date: 1809
associated person: Madison, James
Reich, John
obverse engraver: Reich, John
reverse engraver: Reich, John
manufacturer: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 75.5 mm; x 3 in
Credit line: Library of Congress
Topics: Indian Peace Medal
Indian Peace Medal, James Madison, United States, 1809
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
medal; Presidential; Indian Peace
Date made: 1814
date on object: 1809
associated date: 1809
associated person: Madison, James
Reich, John
obverse engraver: Reich, John
reverse engraver: Reich, John
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: cast; electro-plated (overall production method)
lead, bronzed (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 59.9 mm; x 2 3/8 in
medal: 6 cm; x 2 3/8 in
Credit line: Library of Congress
Topics: Indian Peace Medal
Horizontal Portable Sundial by Thomas Saunders of Dublin
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Sundial
sundial, horizontal portable
date made: ca 1800
maker: Saunders, Thomas
Saunders, Thomas
place made: Ireland: Dublin, Dublin
Physical Description: wood (case material)
metal (scales, needle, compass rose, hinges material)
paper (sticker material)
Measurements: overall, closed: 3 cm x 14.7 cm x 14 cm; 1 3/16 in x 5 25/32 in x 5 1/2 in
Topics: Science
Mathematics
Timekeeping
Description: The case for this horizontal prtable sundial is a dark wooden box with a silver nameplate on the cover and a crescent-shaped latch.The nameplate is engraved: I. Burgh Esq. The box holds a silver-colored metal compass which is calibrated from 0 to 90 x 4 by 10 degrees. A raised outer ring is calibrated from 0 to 360 by degree, lettered at each 10-degree point and having an arrow at five-degree points. The eight-pointed compass rose has a fleur de lis at North. The maker's name, engraved near the center of the rose, reads: SAUNDERS DUBLIN. the two-sided ferrous metal compass needle is no longer fastened to the compas (the pin is missing) and does not function. The compass has no glass cover. The case also holds a removable silver-colored metal hour ring. This ring is calibrated from IIII to XII to VIII by I, with arrows at the half-hour points and line divisions for every five munutes. The gnomon is a metal bar which folds up and is attached to two metal half-circles on the inside of the hour ring.
A paper label inside the case lid reports that the compass varition was 26 degrees 54 minutes in June 1794.
Thomas Saunders began to work as an instrument maker and optician in Dublin in 1793. In 1802, he sat on a London committee which inquired about hydrometers.
Reference:
J.E. Burnett and A.D. Morrison-Low, <I>"Vulgar and Mechanick": The Scientific Instrument Trade in Ireland 1650-1921</I>, Royal Dublin Society, 1989, pp. 51, 134.
Vela de Pancho Villa
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: candle
depicted: Villa, Pancho
Physical Description: wax (overall material)
glass (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 22.8 cm x 7 cm; 8 31/32 in x 2 3/4 in
Credit line: Gift of Richard E. Ahlborn
Alternative titles: Pancho Villa Candle
Topics: Religion
Military
Description: Pancho Villa is one of the most recognizable leaders of the Mexico Revolution. This civil war, which lasted from 1910-1921, was fought to curb U.S. corporate interests and to redistribute agricultural lands, especially for indigenous communities. It was a social revolution that reasserted popular culture and the value of "Mexican-ness." It was also a prolonged, violent conflict that spread death and hunger throughout Mexico, spurring migrants north, mostly into El Paso, Los Angeles, and other historically Mexican U.S. cities. With them came ideas, images, and language for organizing laborers and the rural poor. These ideas and images percolated in the popular culture of Mexican Americans and reappear in the art and activism of Chicanos in the 1960s and 1970s. On the back of this candle depicting Villa are prayers written in English and Spanish asking him to grant the petitioner some of the insight and prowess that enshrined this bandit, social revolutionary, and media star in the mythology of modern Mexico.
Description (Spanish): Pancho Villa es uno de los líderes más populares de la Revolución de México. Esta guerra civil, que se prolongó desde 1910 hasta 1921, se centró en poner freno a los intereses de las corporaciones estadounidenses y redistribuir las tierras de cultivo, especialmente entre las comunidades indígenas. Se trató de una revolución social para reafirmar la cultura popular y el valor de la "mexicaneidad". Pero constituyó también un largo y violento conflicto que esparció la muerte y el hambre a través de México, instigando la inmigración hacia el norte, mayormente hacia ciudades históricamente mexicanas dentro de los Estados Unidos, como El Paso y Los Ángeles. Con ellos llegaron las ideas, imágenes y lenguaje que organizaron a los trabajadores y los campesinos pobres. Estas ideas e imágenes penetrarían la cultura popular de los mexicoamericanos y reaparecerían en el arte y activismo de los chicanos en las décadas de 1960 y 1970. En la parte de atrás de esta vela con la imagen de Villa hay oraciones escritas en inglés y en español donde los suplicantes piden al héroe que les conceda algo de la lucidez y pericia que consagraron a este bandido, revolucionario social y estrella de los medios, a la mitología del México moderno.
card, prayer
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Card, Prayer
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 7.9 cm x 4.9 cm; 3 1/8 in x 1 15/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Richard E. Ahlborn
Topics: Prayer
George Washington Before Boston, United States, 1786
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
Date made: 1786
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: galvano (electrotype) (overall production method)
copper (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 66 mm; 2 19/32 in
Topics: Comitia Americana
Description (Brief): One (1) George Washington Before Boston medal plate, unadopted obverse
United States (France), 1786
Obverse Image: Right facing portrait bust of Washington based on Houdon's work.
Obverse Text: GEORGIO WASHINGTON SUPREMO DUCI EXERCITUUM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS / COMITIA AMERICANA
Reverse Image: N/A
Reverse Text: N/A
General Information: Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier; galvano of rejected obverse, known only from lead die trial in Norweb collection, circa 1786.
Description: On March 20, 1776, General George Washington wrote to the Continental Congress declaring his victory over General Howe and the retreat of the British from Boston Harbor. The following day, Secretary John Adams proposed that Washington receive a gold medal for his successful leadership. It was the first Congressional gold medal awarded to a soldier and the first Comitia Americana medal to be commissioned. The medal’s design and production involved a lengthy process with two failed committees and multiple design attempts. In all it took more than 14 years before Washington received his medal, the sixth Comitia Americana produced despite being the first commissioned.
George Washington Before Boston, United States, 1790
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Date made: 1790
associated date: 1776 03 17
associated person: Washington, George
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
associated place: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Physical Description: struck; electroplated (overall production method)
lead, bronzed (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 68.1 mm; 2 11/16 in
Credit line: Library of Congress
Topics: Comitia Americana
Description (Brief): One (1) George Washington Before Boston medal
United States (France), 1790
Obverse Image: Right facing portrait bust of Washington based on Houdon's work.
Obverse Text: GEORGIO / WASHINGTON / SVPREMO / DVCI / EXERCITVVM / ADSERTORI / LIBERTATIS / COMITIA / AMERICANA / DUVIVIER / PARIS. / F.
Reverse Image: Washington on horseback speaks with four mounted officers beside several cannons from Fort Ticonderoga; in the background the Continental Army runs toward Boston and eight British ships sail in retreat.
Reverse Text: HOSTIBUS / PRIMO / FUGATIS / BOSTONIUM / RECUPERATUM / XVII / MARTII / MDCCLXXVI / DUVIV.
General Information: Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier.
Description: On March 20, 1776, General George Washington wrote to the Continental Congress declaring his victory over General Howe and the retreat of the British from Boston Harbor. The following day, Secretary John Adams proposed that Washington receive a gold medal for his successful leadership. It was the first Congressional gold medal awarded to a soldier and the first Comitia Americana medal to be commissioned. The medal’s design and production involved a lengthy process with two failed committees and multiple design attempts. In all it took more than 14 years before Washington received his medal, the sixth Comitia Americana produced despite being the first commissioned.
HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS
BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM XVII MARTII MDCCCLXXVI.