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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
The Four Freedoms
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

The Four Freedoms

Artist Carl Ludwig Schmitz (American, 1900 - 1967)
Manufacturer Medallic Art Company (American, 1903 - 2016)
CultureAmerican
Date1943
MediumStirling silver
DimensionsOverall: 2 7/8 x 2 13/16 in. (7.3 x 7.1 cm)
Inscribed"Freedom From Want and From Fear" on obverse. "Freedom of Speech and Religion" on reverse.
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John Taylor Arms
Object number54.51.173
Not on view
DescriptionFarmer holding wheat and a calf watch a seated woman holding an infant.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Ed Pollard-2008.
Eastman Johnson
1866
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Anthony De Francisci
1935
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.
Brenda Putnam
Copyright 1941, issued 1942
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Edward McCartan
1939
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2008.
Paul Wayland Bartlett
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Richard Henry Recchia
1944