LLIS. F. (_fecit_).

America, personified as Minerva, stands, leaning with her left hand on
the American shield, and holding in her right a sword which rests on
her shoulder; to the right the American eagle; to the left, the genius
of the maritime cities imploring her aid and protection. In the
background, in the open sea, is the steamer Vanderbilt under steam;
above, a cloud with thunderbolts. Exergue: BIS DAT QUI TEMPORI
DAT.[118] (_He gives twice who gives in time._) 1865. ELLIS SC.
(_sculpsit._) LEUTZE DEL. (_delineavit._)[119]

[Footnote 118: The Latin proverb is BIS DAT QUI
CITO DAT.]

[Footnote 119: See INTRODUCTION, page viii.]

EMANUEL LEUTZE, who designed the reverse of the medal to Cornelius
Vanderbilt, was born in Gmuenden, Wuerttemberg, May 24, 1816. His
parents emigrated to America while he was still a child, and settled
in Fredericksburg, Virginia. In 1841 he went to Europe, and studied
art at Duesseldorf under Professor Lessing. He returned to America in
1859, and took up his residence in Washington. Among his principal
paintings, which are mostly historical, and relate to America, are:
Columbus before the Council of Salamanca, Columbus in chains, Columbus
before Queen Isabella, Washington crossing the Delaware, Washington at
Monmouth, and Washington at Princeton. One of his last works is the
fresco in the Capitol at Washington, "Westward the star of empire
takes its way." He died in Washington, July 18, 1868.

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT was born on Staten Island, New York, May 27, (p. 407)
1794. He went to New York city early in life, and engaged in the
shipping business, in which, by his energy and perseverance, he in
time acquired wealth, and became owner of several lines of steamers,
running from New York to places along the coast. In 1851 he
established a line of steamers to California, and in 1855 another to
Europe. In March, 1862, he presented to the United States Government
the magnificent ship which bore his name, for which generous gift
Congress gave him a vote of thanks and a gold medal. He was made
president of the New York and Harlem Railroad Company in May, 1863; of
the Hudson River Railroad Company in June, 1865; and of the New York
Central Railroad Company in December, 1867. In November, 1869, the two
last were consolidated, with a joint capital of ninety millions of
dollars. He died in the city of New York, January 4, 1877. Cor