Carnegie Corporation Award Medal
Medal
1934 (made)
1934 (made)
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This bronze medal was issued by the Carnegie Corporation as award medal and is made by Paul Manship (1885-1966), in the USA in 1934. The medal hangs from a circular ring. The inscription reveals that it was awarded to Sir Percy Nunn (1870-1944), who was a distinctive educator in Science. Andrew Carnegie founded the Carnegie Corporation of New York in 1911 and envisioned it as a foundation that would “promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.”
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| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Medal, bronze, Carnegie Corporation Award Medal, by Paul Manship, American, 1934 |
| Physical description | Medal hangs from a circular ring. Obverse: Bellerophon stands to the foreground with left leg raised on the step. Pegasus rears in the background. Reverse: an unwound scroll decoration beneath which is a lit oil lamp. Inscribed. |
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| Object history | Given by Professor J. Hull Grundy and Mrs. Ann Hull Grundy, in 1978. |
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| Summary | This bronze medal was issued by the Carnegie Corporation as award medal and is made by Paul Manship (1885-1966), in the USA in 1934. The medal hangs from a circular ring. The inscription reveals that it was awarded to Sir Percy Nunn (1870-1944), who was a distinctive educator in Science. Andrew Carnegie founded the Carnegie Corporation of New York in 1911 and envisioned it as a foundation that would “promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.” |
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| Accession number | A.138-1978 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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