Life-sized plaster bust of male with circular, columna cast-on base. Cast of bust by Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, 1811.

Intaglio profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin Peale, meant to function as mold for casting relief portrait. Broken in half and repaired with two large wires that bind the halves together.

"D" shaped, stamped with openwork friezes of leafage and guillouche within plain, molded rails. Received with set of andirons (2009.46), tongs (2009.53), and shovel (2009.54). (Murphy D. Smith, "Due Reverence," 1992).

Tongs with ringed and paneled sections. Of similar design and treatment to andirons (2009.46), fender (2009.52) and shovel (2009.54). (Murphy D. Smith, "Due Reverence," 1992).

Obverse: profile of Jacobus Berzelius; name at top and "NAT. MDCCLXXIX DEN. MDCCCXLVIII" at bottom. Reverse: female figure and sphinx at right, winged figure holding torch at left, various symbols including scale and other instruments; "APERIT AENIGMATA CONDITA LUSTRAT" printed around top perimeter, "SOCIO LONGE NOBILISSIMO PER ANNOS XXX SECRETARIO ACAD. REG. SOIENT. SVEC" under images, and "C.G. O[Q?]VARNSTROM INV. and "P.H. LUNDGREN FEC" at rim.

Obverse: crest decorated with cross and "1869"; "RABONI" and "ALL HAIL" on either side. "Mary Commandery No. 36 Knights Templar, Philadelphia, Penna" around perimeter. Reverse: stylized wreath of half thorns, half roses; "Pilgrimage to San Francisco California August 21, 1883" at center.

Pin is attached to red ribbon. Long rod on back for affixing to clothing. Decorated with various scientific symbols and instruments. "1884" at top and "Philadelphia" at bottom.

Extended bust-length portrait with body turned slightly to the left, in front of a dark tan background. The subject has gray hair, dark gray eyes, and a clear complexion. He wears a black coat and white neckcloth. Unsigned and undated.

Rembrandt Peale painted this half-length portrait of William Tilghman in 1829, copying his own original 1819 portrait. Seated frontally, the sitter directs his gaze toward the viewer’s left in three-quarter profile. Tilghman wears a dark overcoat and a translucent white cravat tied in a loose bow at the neck. His somewhat rectangular face is rendered in fleshy detail, with a naturalistically figured double chin, sagging cheeks, and clear eyes. Tilghman is seated on a red leather chair with brass rivets in front of a plain background.

Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Eli K. Price; "ELI K. PRICE PRESIDENT 1879" along perimeter. "W. H. King" under portrait. Reverse: seal; "THE NUMISMATIC & ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY OF PHILADA. / FOUNDED / JAN. 1, 1858" around perimeter.

Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Eli K. Price; "ELI K. PRICE PRESIDENT 1879" along perimeter. "W. H. King" under portrait. Reverse: seal; "THE NUMISMATIC & ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY OF PHILADA. / FOUNDED / JAN. 1, 1858" around perimeter.

Obverse: Princeton University building (Nassau Hall) flanked by four trees; "AVLA NASSOVICA / MDCCCXCVI" at bottom. Reverse: banner at top marked "DEI SVB NVMINE DICET"; "QVOD ANTEA FVIT / COLLEGIVM / NEO CAESARIENSE / NVNC ANNIS CLIMPLETIS / VNIVERSITAS / PRINCETONIENSIS / SAECVLVM SPECTAT / NOVUM" at center.

Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of J. Jacques Rousseau; "J. JACQUES ROUSSEAU NE A GENEVE EN 1712," along perimeter; "DUMAREST F" at bottom. Reverse: "SOCIAL LIV 3 CHAP 1 CONTRAT" around perimeter and "LA PUISSANCE / LEGISLATIVE / APPARTIENT AU PEUPLE / ET NE PEUT APPARTENIR / QUA A LUI" at center. Edge: "CHEZ MONNERON (PATENTE) SE VEND A PARIS."

Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Adam Smith; "1723 ADAM SMITH 1790" around perimeter. "RICHESSE / DES NATIONS / PVBL.EN / 1776," at bottom left; "SOCIÉTE D'ÉCONOMIE POLITIOVE 1876" and "PONSCARME" at bottom. Reverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Jacques Turgot; " 1727 IACQVES TVRGOT 1781" around perimeter. "LIBERTE / DVTRAVAIL / EDITS DE / 1776," at bottom left; "SOCIÉTE D'ÉCONOMIE POLITIQUE 1876," and "H. PONSCARME" at bottom.

Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi; "A. BARTHOLDI" below portrait; "PRESENTED JULY 4 : 1884" at top; "A GIFT / OF THE / FRENCH / REPUBLIC" at left; "TO / THE / UNITED / STATES," at right; laurel wreath at bottom. Reverse: bas-relief of Statue of Liberty in landscape; New York Harbor and tip of Manhattan are visible; "COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE" at top; "LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING / THE WORLD / ERECTED 1886" at bottom.

Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of James Watt; "JAMES WATT" at right; "W. WYON A.R.A. MINT" at bottom. Reverse: "ROYAL / CORNWALL / POLYTECHNIC / SOCIETY / INSTITUTED / 1833 / SECOND CLASS"

Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Humphry Davy. Reverse: "THE ROYAL SOCIETY TO ROBERT WILHELM BUNSEN. GUSTAV ROBERT KIRCHHOFF. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WILL OF HUMPHRY DAVY WHO DEVOTED THE TESTIMONIAL PRESENTED TO HIM BY THE COALOWNERS OF THE TYNE AND WEAR TO THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH 1877."

Half-length seated figure, head turned right, leaning on left hand, elbow on table. Wearing black coat, gold waistcoat, white scarf with bow. Corner of table and part of book visible in lower right corner. After 1814 portrait by Thomas Sully.

Obverse: bas-relief of male figure on horseback; "HERO OF PEA RIDGE" at top; "F. SIGEL" at bottom. Reverse: floral wreath encircles "PENNY / SAVED / IS A / PENNY / EARNED."

Obverse: bas-relief of male figure on horseback; "HERO OF PEA RIDGE" at top; "F. SIGEL" at bottom. Reverse: floral wreath encircles "PENNY / SAVED / IS A / PENNY / EARNED."