Lincoln Memorial One Cent Coin Sketch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1958
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Object Details
- artist
- Gasparro, Frank
- Description (Brief)
- This image may have been one Frank Gasparro showed to get approval from the Mint to create the Lincoln Memorial cent. The fine detail in this drawing includes a miniscule statue of Abraham Lincoln, wreathes and boughs decorating the monument, and carefully executed lines showing perspective on the steps and in the columns. The inclusion of Gasparro's signature (on the bottom right corner of the image) shows us that Gasparro felt this drawing was more important than many of his multitude of drawings.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Christina Gasparro Hansen
- ca 1958
- ID Number
- 2009.0005.013
- catalog number
- 2009.0005.013
- accession number
- 2009.0005
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- black mat: 22.8 cm x 20.9 cm x .1 cm; 8 31/32 in x 8 7/32 in x 1/32 in
- white sheet: 20.4 cm x 18.5 cm x .1 cm; 8 1/32 in x 7 9/32 in x 1/32 in
- image: 13.5 cm; 5 5/16 in
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- Art of Gasparro
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Art - Currency
- Record ID
- nmah_1367599
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-dee1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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