Medal
date: label: date made
content: 1845
name: label: maker
content: Lovett, Sr., Robert
notes: label: Description
content: Henry Fitz (1808-1863) showed a 6-inch aperture telescope at the American Institute Fair of 1845, and took home this gold medal. The obverse has “AMERICAN INSTITUTE / NEW YORK / LOVETT.” The reverse has “AWARDED TO / HENRY FITZ JR. / for a /REFRACTING / TELESCOPE / 1845. Robert Lovett (1796-1874) was a medal artist who worked in Philadelphia and New York.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Telescopes
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315814
label: accession number
content: 220983
label: catalog number
content: 315814
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal