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Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object name |
Badge |
Title |
Memorial Badge (for Lafayette) |
Artist or maker |
Unknown |
Date |
1834 |
Place of origin |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Materials and techniques |
metal badge and unknown textile sewn to printed silk ribbon |
Physical description |
Lafayette's death on May 20, 1834 in Paris was marked in the United States by memorial parades, eulogies, and the marketing of souvenirs. This memorial badge was produced for the memorial parade in Philadelphia on July 21, 1834 commemorating Lafayette's death and was worn by a mourner there. Mourning badges pinned to ones clothes were worn to publicly express grief. The badge incorporates neo-classical motifs like the urn and willow tree around an image of Lafayette's face. There are also depictions of the French and Unites States flags. Transcription: [All in caps] A Grateful Nation's Mournful Tribute / La Fayette. / Gen. Gilbert Mottier Lafayette, / Born at Auvergne, Sept. 6th 1757. / Died, May 20th, 1834 / Aged 76 Years, 8 Months, And 14 Days. / Funeral Obsequies / Performed to His Memory, July 31, 1834. / -Philadelphia-" |
Past exhibit |
Lafayette |
Catalogue number |
1985.05.001 |
Collection name |
Memorabilia |
Credit line |
Gift of Gary J. Stass, 1985 |
People |
Marquis de Lafayette, Gilbert du Moitier |