Certificate

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Certificate

Entry/Object ID

MP.94.1193

Description

Attendance certificate, shows a depiction of The Pennsylvania Hospital which is of classical and federal architecture. The image is placed in an oval. This depiction shows a circular drive with a circle of grass and a hedge on both of the sides.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

W. Cooke

Attribution

Maker

Manufacturer

Pennsylvania Hospital

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

"South front of the Pennsylvania Hospital/ This building by the bounty of Government and of many private persons was piously founded for the relief of the sick and miserable anno 1755/ engraved by W. Cooke, No. 40 Kirby St, Hatton Garden London. We the attending managers and physicians of the Pennsylvania Hospital, do certify that _______ student of medicine of the said Hospital for ______/ in testimony whereof we have respectively set our names to this certificate and caused the seal of the Hospital to be thereunto affixed this _____ day of _____ in the year of our Lord_____ _____Managers/ _____Physicians."

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

23-7/8 in

Width

20 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 23 7/8 x 20 in. (60.6 x 50.8 cm)

Material

Paper

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: The edges are torn and bent and wrinkled with a few dark spots.

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

MP.94.1192 - Certificate - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Found in MP.94.1150

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, Livingston Bedroom