アメリカ議会によるジョン・ウール少将への贈呈の剣 (詳細)

Sword cutler Samuel Jackson American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 372

ほぼ完全な状態で保存されているこの剣は、アメリカで作られた剣のうち最も独創的で精緻を極めた傑作に数えられています。1846–48年のメキシコ・アメリカ戦争のブエナビスタの戦いでの活躍を称え、1854年1月23日に米国議会よりウール将軍に贈られました。ヨーロッパや古典を原型とした他のほとんどの贈呈用の剣とは異なり、ウールの剣は構想の上でも図像の上でも明らかにアメリカ的と言えます。武勲を称えるために軍人に剣を贈る慣習は、アメリカ革命にさかのぼります。

Congressional Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Major General John E. Wool (1784–1869), Samuel Jackson (American, Baltimore, active 1833–70), Steel, gold, brass, diamonds, rubies, American, probably Baltimore

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Congressional Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Major General John E. Wool (1784–1869), Samuel Jackson (American, Baltimore, active 1833–70), Steel, gold, brass, diamonds, rubies, American, probably Baltimore
Congressional Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Major General John E. Wool (1784–1869), Samuel Jackson (American, Baltimore, active 1833–70), Steel, gold, brass, diamonds, rubies, American, probably Baltimore
Congressional Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Major General John E. Wool (1784–1869), Samuel Jackson (American, Baltimore, active 1833–70), Steel, gold, brass, diamonds, rubies, American, probably Baltimore
Congressional Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Major General John E. Wool (1784–1869), Samuel Jackson (American, Baltimore, active 1833–70), Steel, gold, brass, diamonds, rubies, American, probably Baltimore
Congressional Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Major General John E. Wool (1784–1869), Samuel Jackson (American, Baltimore, active 1833–70), Steel, gold, brass, diamonds, rubies, American, probably Baltimore
Congressional Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Major General John E. Wool (1784–1869), Samuel Jackson (American, Baltimore, active 1833–70), Steel, gold, brass, diamonds, rubies, American, probably Baltimore
Congressional Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Major General John E. Wool (1784–1869), Samuel Jackson (American, Baltimore, active 1833–70), Steel, gold, brass, diamonds, rubies, American, probably Baltimore
Congressional Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Major General John E. Wool (1784–1869), Samuel Jackson (American, Baltimore, active 1833–70), Steel, gold, brass, diamonds, rubies, American, probably Baltimore
Congressional Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Major General John E. Wool (1784–1869), Samuel Jackson (American, Baltimore, active 1833–70), Steel, gold, brass, diamonds, rubies, American, probably Baltimore

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