Hahlo-104, New York Historical Society medal

American Numismatic Society, 0000.999.6711.

104. Centennial medal of the New York Historical Society, portraits of the founder of the society and the first president.

The 1904 centennial medal for the New York Historical Society bears the double portrait of John Pintard (1759-1844) and Egbert Benson (1746-1833), founder and first president, respectively. The commission was executed in New York just before Brenner’s second trip to Paris and he exhibited it frequently.