CNG 100, Lot: 1169. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNITED STATES. AV Medal (55mm, 105.9 g, 12h). Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts – Temple Award. By G. Morgan. Dually dated 1805 and 1880. Presented to Edward F. Rook, 1898. JOSEPH · E · TEMPLE, bust of Temple right; MORGAN · SC on bust / THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS FOUNDED 1805/ · TEMPLE TRUST FUND MEDAL FOUNDED 1880, Genus of the Arts standing left, holding shield inscribed COPLEY/ STUART/ TURMBULL/ ALLSTON and crowning with wreath painter standing right, holding painting and cap; in background, Academy of Fine Arts building, statue to left. EF, a few marks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from A. Terranova.

Awarded for the oil painting, “Pearl Clouds – Moonlight,” currently in the Smithsonian Institution.