Commerce and Another Allegorical Figure (Motif for Bank Note Design)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1895
name: label: Artist
content: Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The figure of Commerce is shown from the front sitting upon clouds, holding a caduceus in her right hand. Another allegorical figure of a woman is shown in profile, kneeling at her feet.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1912-16-70
objectType: label: Type
content: numismatics
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 17.4 × 23 cm (6 7/8 × 9 1/16 in.)