Abraham Lincoln
Object NameBas Relief for Plaquette / Medal design
Artist / Maker
Christian Petersen
(Danish - American, 1885 - 1961)
Date1912-1914
MediumPlaster
Dimensions9 1/2 × 6 1/4 × 1 in. (24.1 × 15.9 × 2.5 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Helen Nerney Shaw to Special Collections, Iowa State University Library. Transferred to University Museums. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberUM99.262
Status
Not on viewCollections
CultureAmerican
Label TextArched plaque with a frontal portrait. Created to be made into a medallion for the Chas. M. Robbins Co., Attleboro, MA.
MarkingsAbraham Lincoln
Published ReferencesMedal advertised in the Chas. M. Robbins Co. catalogue Class Pins, Rings, and Emblems, n.d. pre-1912 company name change. Catalogue held in the Robbins Co. archives, Attleboro Area Industrial Museum, Attleboro, MA.
Papers, SC, Box 1 f.4, Nerney gift to ISC, 1942; Box 2, f.9, photo in catalogue Wrought Iron and Bronze, Chicago.
SignedCP Chop mark
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Christian Petersen Art Museum
Object Name: Bas Relief for Plaquette / Medal design
Christian Petersen
1909-1911
Object number: UM2013.45
Object Name: Bas Relief design for Plaquette / Medal
Christian Petersen
1912-1914
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Object Name: Bas Relief for Medal Design
Christian Petersen
1912-1914
Object number: UM99.52
Object Name: Bas Relief roundel for Medallion design
Christian Petersen
c. 1920
Object number: UM2011.2
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Christian Petersen
1933
Object number: UM2017.377
Object Name: Bas Relief
Christian Petersen
1933
Object number: UM2017.378
Object Name: Bas Relief
Christian Petersen
1932
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Object Name: Bas Relief / Memorial plaque
Christian Petersen
1948-1949
Object number: UM99.58
