Jane Loucks' Medal

Description:

Bronze medal won by Jane Loucks in a daguerreotype case that is 3 7/8” x 3 ½”. Obverse side: AMERICAN INSTITUTE / G. H. Lovett, N.Y.

NEW YORK. Reverse side: AWARDED / TO Miss Jane Loucks,

For the best / Worsted Embroidery, / 1856.

Jane Elizabeth Loucks was born in 1835 to John and Desdemonia Marsh Loucks in Sharon, New York. She married Joseph Warren Hastings on February 16, 1871, in Manhattan. They moved to Illinois and had one daughter, Dena. See her wining piece, Mary Queen of Scots.

Maker: Lovett, George Hampden

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York City

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Embroidered Pictures, Textiles

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Credit Line: Gift of Miss Crystal Palmer

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T11106Catalog Number: T11106Accession Number: 238291

Object Name: medal

Physical Description: bronze (overall material)Measurements: overall: 2 1/2 in; 6.35 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-8187-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_649034

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