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The Doves Elect a Hawk Their King
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Obverse: Hawk wearing crown stands on dove; reverse; dog with bone in mouth looks at his reflection in water. 21st issue of Society of Medalists. The Fogg owns another cast of this medal, 1940.110, and there is a cast at the Smithsonian. Per the Inventory of American Art, obverse is based on the Aesop fable "The Kite, Hawk, and Pigeons." Reverse is based on the Aesop fable "A Dog and a Shadow."
Department of American Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Presumably from the Society of Medalists to Grenville L. Winthrop 1940; his bequest to Fogg Art Museum 1943.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Title: The Doves Elect a Hawk Their King
Description:
Obverse: Hawk wearing crown stands on dove; reverse; dog with bone in mouth looks at his reflection in water.
21st issue of Society of Medalists.
The Fogg owns another cast of this medal, 1940.
110, and there is a cast at the Smithsonian.
Per the Inventory of American Art, obverse is based on the Aesop fable "The Kite, Hawk, and Pigeons.
" Reverse is based on the Aesop fable "A Dog and a Shadow.
".
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