COLUMBIAN HISTORICAL EXPOSITION AT MADRID. 



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No. 134. SPANISH MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE DISCOVERT, 1892. COLUMBUS 

 MEDAL ISSUED BY SPANISH GOVERNMENT, 1892. 



Anverso. Reverse. 



MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. 



No. 135. THE LAWRENCE STATUE. 



Miss Mary Trimble Lawrence, of New York, a member of the board of trustees &quot;of 

 the .Art Students League and a pupil of Augustus St. Gaudens, was selected by the 

 board of directors of the World s Columbian Exposition to furnish the model for a 

 statue of Columbus to be erected upon the grounds at Jackson Park, Chicago. The 

 commission was originally offered to St. Gaudens, but he suggested that Miss Lawrence 

 be employed to work out his conception. 



Columbus stands bareheaded, with 

 face uplifted, clad in armor, as if he had 

 just taken possession of the soil. In one 

 hand he holds uplifted the standard of 

 Castile and Aragon, as does the statue 

 of the discoverer by the Spaniard, Sunol, 

 and in the other his sword. 



No. 136. THE STATUE AT PAVIA. 



The early biographers of Columbus all 

 asserted that he was educated at the Uni 

 versity of Pavia, but later investigation 

 fails to disclose any evidence of that fact. 

 That he had a knowledge of the lan 

 guages and the sciences there is no doubt, but in none of his own writings, and they 

 are numerous, does he mention the place where he was educated. The reverend fathers 

 of that university, however, claim that he was a student there, and have erected a 

 pedestal and bust to commemorate the fact. 



SCENES IDENTIFIED WITH THE LIFE OF COLUMBUS. 



The collection of pictures representing scenes in the life of Columbus 

 began with a series of views of the several cities that claimed the honor 

 of being his birthplace, Genoa and Cogoleto being the most prominent. 



Although the birthplace of Columbus may be in doubt, the strongest 

 probabilities are in favor of Genoa. His pedigree and the movements 

 of his family have been traced with remarkable patience by Henry 

 Harrisse, who found in the archives of Genoa records of real estate 

 transfers and other business transactions by the father of Columbus, 

 H. Ex. 100 17 



TRIUMPH OF COLUMBUS. 

 See page 256. 



