The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 9, 2026

A circular bronze medal, finished with a smooth golden-brown luster, features two sides in raised relief. One face depicts a woman holding a small figurine atop a globe, her profile facing a horse's head beneath a lone star. The reverse displays a hand gripping a tool over a drafting compass and square. Around the border, the words "THIS ABOVE ALL TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE" are inscribed in clean, uppercase letters.

Medal: This Above All to Thine Own Self Be True

1954

Abram Belskie

(American, 1907–1988)
America
bronze
Diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1954.586
Location: Not on view
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