Proposed obverse design for the General Daniel Morgan medal
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1789
name: label: maker
content: Dupre, Augustin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) pencil and black chalk sketch for a proposed obverse design for the General Daniel Morgan medal authorized by Congress to celebrate the Battle of Cowpens in 1781
label: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: Depicts the personification of America as an Indian Princess crowning the victorious General with a laurel wreath held in her right hand. The General is bowed forward, his right hand drawn up to his chest; behind is a panoply of trophies including cannon, a cuirass, and banners. It is signed at the lower left with the artist's stamp "A. Dupre, fecit" in an oval and at the lower right "ND" in a circle. Contained in a gilt wooden frame with glass over.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0326.01
label: accession number
content: 1999.0326
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0326.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pencil sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall sketch)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil; black chalk (charcoal?) (overall sketch)
label: Physical Description
content: glass; gilded wood (overall frame)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25.7 cm x 22.7 cm x 1.2 cm; 10 1/8 in x 8 15/16 in x 1/2 in