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A Betrothal Medal
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Obverse: profile of a woman with wheat in her hair; reverse: flower and bees. 20th Issue of Society of Medalists. The Fogg owns another cast of this medal, 1943.1657.20, and there is a cast at the Smithsonian. The medal is based upon the scene before the cell of Prospero, in Act 4 of Shakespeare's "The Tempest;" the inscription comes from the song of Ceres in this scene.
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Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Society of Medalists
Title: A Betrothal Medal
Description:
Obverse: profile of a woman with wheat in her hair; reverse: flower and bees.
20th Issue of Society of Medalists.
The Fogg owns another cast of this medal, 1943.
1657.
20, and there is a cast at the Smithsonian.
The medal is based upon the scene before the cell of Prospero, in Act 4 of Shakespeare's "The Tempest;" the inscription comes from the song of Ceres in this scene.
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