Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
January 3, 1818
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 90
Additional Source Text:
"Framed executed and presented by Mr. Fer[st]."
Notes:
For the George Washington medal, see http://numismatics.org/collection/1923.52.18 (Baker-173, Musante GW-95).
Donor's name Anthony Rasch struck through and "Fer" (presumably for Fürst) written above.
Moritz Fürst (1782-1841) was an American artist of Jewish-Slovak origin. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1807 and in 1808 settled in Philadelphia, where he set up business as a seal and steel engraver and die-sinker. He was subsequently employed by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia and soon received recognition as an early American medalist. http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan167271 ; Neil Musante, Medallic Washington (London, 2016), 1: 162.
