The Eagle Takes Flight: Another Point of View for the Dollar's Reverse
- Description (Brief)
- Each drawing makes a change. In this variation of the proposed reverse image for a United States dollar coin, an eagle perched on a rock with its wings spread, holding an olive branch in its beak. The eagle appears to burst through the rays of the sun in the background.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sketch
- date made
- 1965-1990
- artist
- Gasparro, Frank
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- graphite (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 26.6 cm x 20.4 cm; 10 1/2 in x 8 1/16 in
- overall image: 20.5 cm; 8 1/16 in
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- ID Number
- 2009.0005.059
- accession number
- 2009.0005
- catalog number
- 2009.0005.059
- subject
- Art - Currency
- See more items in
- Armed Forces History: National Numismatic Collection
- Art of Gasparro
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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