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Massachusetts Institute of Technology: An Alumni Tribute to William Barton Rogers Medal
1916
Object Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Patinated bronze
Dimensions
Overall: Diam: 6.8 x 0.3 cm (2 11/16 x 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Katharine Lane Weems
Accession Number1989.600
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionObv: A woman in classical dress holding a spear and shield and standing before a classical building / THE MASSACHVSETTS INSTITVTE OF TECHNOLOGY MCMXVI / C. KECK / SC
Rev: A neoclassical building at MIT with trees on either side / IN MEMORY / OF ITS FOUNDER / WILLIAM BARTON ROGERS / AN ALVMNI TRIBVTE / AT THE DEDICATION OF / THE NEW BUILDINGS / 1866 on the building
Edge: WHITEHEAD - HOAG
Rev: A neoclassical building at MIT with trees on either side / IN MEMORY / OF ITS FOUNDER / WILLIAM BARTON ROGERS / AN ALVMNI TRIBVTE / AT THE DEDICATION OF / THE NEW BUILDINGS / 1866 on the building
Edge: WHITEHEAD - HOAG
ProvenanceCollection of Katharine Lane Weems; to MFA November 1989.