CAREY, Abraham Graham ( ) designer, calligrapher.
Harvard University graduate 1914. He gave lectures on
art at Harvard's Fogg Art Museum in 1936, 1938 and 1939.
He was joint author with John Howard Benson (q.v.) on
The Elements of Lettering; the two were collaborators on
the U.S. Providence Rhode Island Commem half dollar.
C O I N S
1936 Providence Rhode Island Founding Tercentenary
Half Dollar (with John Howard Benson). . Breen 7534-7536, KM 185
M E D A L S
Harvard University graduate 1914. He gave lectures on
art at Harvard's Fogg Art Museum in 1936, 1938 and 1939.
He was joint author with John Howard Benson (q.v.) on
The Elements of Lettering; the two were collaborators on
the U.S. Providence Rhode Island Commem half dollar.
C O I N S
1936 Providence Rhode Island Founding Tercentenary
Half Dollar (with John Howard Benson). . Breen 7534-7536, KM 185
M E D A L S
1936 Harvard University 300th Anniversary Medal. . . MAco 1936-012
Auctions:. . . . . . . . .CAL 28:42, CAL 33:1299, CAL 35:55;
J&J 17:552, J&J 19:413, J&J 24:366; PCA 63:1790,
PCA 70:1333, PCA 74:2210, PCA 84:1036
Collection: American Numismatic Society [>1] 1936.158.1
Collection: Cornell Univ Johnson Art Gallery . . . . . . . . 103
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art . . . . . . . . 36.151.1
1952 Yale University Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C O L L E C T I O N S
C14 {1996} Marqusee 103, p 20.
B I O G R A P I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
101 {1936} Harvard University. Notes on the Harvard Tercentenary. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 99 pages, medal illus facing page 84.
101 {1936} Harvard Tercentenary Medal [sales leaflet] (25 August 1936), 4 pages. Both medal and badge illustrated.
Px {1948} Carey (Graham) Some Notes on the Design of Struck Medals. Lithurigal Arts 17: (November 1948) p 2-4+.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
N16 {1967} Taxay, p 167-171.
A15 {1971} Vermeule, p 192-193.
E17 {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 22-23.
O12 {1988} Breen 7534-7536, 597.
N30 {1991} Bowers. Commemorative Coins, p 699 (bio).
P3 {1995} Alexander (David) Harvard University's Tercentenary Marks New World Birth with Medal, Coin World
(9 January 1995) p 39.
Auctions:. . . . . . . . .CAL 28:42, CAL 33:1299, CAL 35:55;
J&J 17:552, J&J 19:413, J&J 24:366; PCA 63:1790,
PCA 70:1333, PCA 74:2210, PCA 84:1036
Collection: American Numismatic Society [>1] 1936.158.1
Collection: Cornell Univ Johnson Art Gallery . . . . . . . . 103
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art . . . . . . . . 36.151.1
1952 Yale University Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C O L L E C T I O N S
C14 {1996} Marqusee 103, p 20.
B I O G R A P I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
101 {1936} Harvard University. Notes on the Harvard Tercentenary. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 99 pages, medal illus facing page 84.
101 {1936} Harvard Tercentenary Medal [sales leaflet] (25 August 1936), 4 pages. Both medal and badge illustrated.
Px {1948} Carey (Graham) Some Notes on the Design of Struck Medals. Lithurigal Arts 17: (November 1948) p 2-4+.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
N16 {1967} Taxay, p 167-171.
A15 {1971} Vermeule, p 192-193.
E17 {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 22-23.
O12 {1988} Breen 7534-7536, 597.
N30 {1991} Bowers. Commemorative Coins, p 699 (bio).
P3 {1995} Alexander (David) Harvard University's Tercentenary Marks New World Birth with Medal, Coin World
(9 January 1995) p 39.