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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
The Old World, The New World
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

The Old World, The New World

Artist Edward McCartan (American, 1879 - 1947)
Maker Medallic Art Company (American, 1903 - 2016)
CultureAmerican
Date1939
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 2 7/8 x 2 13/16 in. (7.3 x 7.1 cm)
Inscribed"The Old World" on obverse. "The New World" on reverse.
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John Taylor Arms
Object number54.51.164
Not on view
DescriptionBronze medal depicts a woman shielding a child in front of city ruins.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Edward Novick
1947
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Berthold Nebel
1945
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Karl Heinrich Gruppe
1952
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Ovide Yencesse
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Alexander Stirling Calder
1938
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Mahonri Mackintosh Young
1943
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Sidney Biehler Waugh
1946
Photograph using Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II 2008
J. J. Swanson
1936
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Hermon Atkins MacNeil
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