FDA-A.2602-2026
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.2602-2026
Object type
Identification
Title
George Washington before Boston, March 17, 1776
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Medal of George Washington (profile) on obverse; Washington on horseback, giving orders to his aides-de-camp around him (scene), with city of Boston in with fleet in distance on reverse
Description
Dimensions
diameter (actual size): 69mm
depth (actual size): 7mm
depth (actual size): 7mm
Inscription
Lettered on obverse, legend: 'GIORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVM ADSERTORI LIBERTITAS' (George Washington, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Defender of Freedom); lower middle: 'COMITIA AMERICANA' (American Congress)
Lettered on reverse, legend: 'HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS (Once the enemies have been put to flight); lower middle: ''BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM / XVII MARTII / MDCCLXXVI' (Boston retaken on March 17, 1776)
Signed on obverse, lower middle: 'DU VIVIER / PARIS. F'; lower right, on canon: 'DUVIV'
Lettered on reverse, legend: 'HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS (Once the enemies have been put to flight); lower middle: ''BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM / XVII MARTII / MDCCLXXVI' (Boston retaken on March 17, 1776)
Signed on obverse, lower middle: 'DU VIVIER / PARIS. F'; lower right, on canon: 'DUVIV'
Materials & techniques note
Bronze
Production
Person
Duviver, Pierre Simon Benjamin, 1730 - 1819 (Medallist)
Date
1801-1900
History and association
Associated object
FDA-A.1065-2020 (associated object)
