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Dimension:D:0.188in Dia:1.625in
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Obverse: profile portrait of Jean-Francois de la Harpe; "J. Francois de La Harpe" around perimeter and "Petit F." under profile.
Reverse: "NE / A PARIS / EN M.DCC.XL. / MORT / EN M.DCCC.III." and "GALERIE METALLIQUE / DES GRANDS HOMMES FRANCAIS. / 1822."
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Dimension:H:3.000in W:2.500in
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Burled veneer presentation box contains illustration of balloon and label marked "Lavoisier medal / l'an 10 / M and B fund." Affixed outside of box is second balloon illustration and French newspaper clipping.
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Alt. Title:
Medallion with Portrait of Marquis de Lafayette
Description:
Dimension:H:4.500in W:3.500in Oval
Framed: 11.5 x 7.25 x 1.375
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One of two Wedgwood medallions grouped in frame (58.S.78). Ceramic, white on black jasper dip with gold frame. Inscribed on back: "Lafayette" and "WEDGWOOD."
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Medallion with Portrait of Marquis de Lafayette
Description:
Dimension:H:4.500in W:3.500in Oval
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Profile portrait of Marquis de Lafayette. Ceramic, white on blue jasper dip with white ceramic frame. Inscribed on back: "LAFAYETTE/1757-1834" and "WEDGWOOD."
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Alt. Title:
Medallion with Portrait of Marquis de Lafayette
Description:
Dimension:H:3.750in W:3.000in Oval
Framed: 7.75 x 6.75 x 1.5
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Profile portrait of Marquis de Lafayette, stamped "Wedgwood' and "Lafayette" on rear. Ceramic, white on black jasper dip.
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Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:1.250in
Creator:
Barré, Jean Jacques
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Obverse: bas-relief portrait of Apollo; "BARRE" and "1828" under portrait.
Reverse: altar with columns; "M.D.CC." under altar and "ATHENAEVM LVGDVNENSE RESTITVM" around perimeter.
ARGENT stamped on outer rim.
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Title:
Medal, Commemorative
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Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:1.813in
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Medal with hole at top, probably to allow to be worn as pendant.
Obverse: profile portrait of Marquis de Lafayette a.k.a. Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier; "GENERAL LAFAYETTE" around perimeter.
Reverse: stylized oak wreath; "THE DEFENDER / OF AMERICAN AND / FRENCH LIBERTY / 1777 - 1824 BORN IN CHAVANIAC / THE 6 SEPTEMBER / 1757" at center.
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Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:1.625in
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Obverse: profile portrait of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier; "A. LAUR. LAVOISIER NE A PARIS LE 16 AOUT 1743" around perimeter; "Dupre" under profile in script.
Reverse: "LES SCIENCES / ET LA PATRIE / PLEURENT / CETILLUSTRE SAVANT / MORT VICTIME DES / FUREURS / REVOLUTIONNAIRES." and "DUPRE LUI A ERIGE / CE MONUMENT / DE RECONNAISSANCE / L'AN IO."
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Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:2.000in
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Obverse: profile portrait of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon; "G.ES L.S LECLERC COMTE DE BUFFON" around perimeter and "E. DUBOIS F." under profile.
Reverse: "SOCIETE D'ANTHROPOLOGIE DE PARIS FONDEE PAR PAUL BROCA 1859-1959."
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Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:1.625in
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Obverse: two bas-relief profile portraits of Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier; "JOSE ET ETIEN MONTGOLFIER" and "POUR AVOIR RENDU L'AIR NAVIGALLE" around perimeter. "N Gatteaux" under portraits.
Reverse: balloon and two classical figures (female on ground, male in air), two lions, and key; "ATTONITUS ORBIS TERRARUM" at top and "ITINERE PER AERA FELICITER / TENTATO ANNO / MDCCLXXXIII" at bottom and "N. GATTEAUX" at bottom of image.
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Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:1.625in
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Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin; "BENJAMINUS FRANKLIN" around side perimter.
Reverse: Masonic emblem of Jehovah in a triangle, surrounded by rays, within, a serpent coiled in a circle. Around this, a pair of compasses and a square, entwined by olive branches; above are seven stars, at the left, a mallet and at the right, a trowel. "LES MAC...FRANC... A FRANKLIN M... DE LA L [rectangle] DES 9 SOEURS O... DE PARIS 5778. 5829 Pingret F."
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Description:
Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:1.625in
Creator:
Barre, Jacques-Jean
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Obverse: Overlapping bas-relief profile portraits of Benjamin Franklin and Jean Baptiste Antoine Auget de Montyon in center. "FRANKLIN / BIENFAISANCE DU GÉNIE" on left side by Franklin and "MONTYON / GÉNIE DE LA BIENFAISANCE" on right side by Montyon.
Reverse: Stylized wreath and "SOCIÉTÉ MONTYON ET FRANKLIN POUR LES PORTRAITS DES HOMMES UTILES" around perimeter. "LES SOUSCRIPTEURS ASSOCIÉS POUR PROPAGER L'HISTOIRE DES BIENFAITEURS DE L'HUMANITÉ 1833." in center.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:1.625in
Creator:
Barre, Jacques-Jean
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Obverse: Overlapping bas-relief profile portraits of Benjamin Franklin and Jean Baptiste Antoine Auget de Montyon in center. "FRANKLIN / BIENFAISANCE DU GÉNIE" on left side by Franklin and "MONTYON / GÉNIE DE LA BIENFAISANCE" on right side by Montyon.
Reverse: Stylized wreath and "SOCIÉTÉ MONTYON ET FRANKLIN POUR LES PORTRAITS DES HOMMES UTILES" around perimeter. "LES SOUSCRIPTEURS ASSOCIÉS POUR PROPAGER L'HISTOIRE DES BIENFAITEURS DE L'HUMANITÉ 1833." in center.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:1.625in
Creator:
Barre, Jacques-Jean
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Obverse: Overlapping bas-relief profile portraits of Benjamin Franklin and Jean Baptiste Antoine Auget de Montyon in center. "FRANKLIN / BIENFAISANCE DU GÉNIE" on left side by Franklin and "MONTYON / GÉNIE DE LA BIENFAISANCE" on right side by Montyon.
Reverse: Stylized wreath and "SOCIÉTÉ MONTYON ET FRANKLIN POUR LES PORTRAITS DES HOMMES UTILES" around perimeter. "LES SOUSCRIPTEURS ASSOCIÉS POUR PROPAGER L'HISTOIRE DES BIENFAITEURS DE L'HUMANITÉ 1833." in center.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:1.625in
Creator:
Barre, Jacques-Jean
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Obverse: Overlapping bas-relief profile portraits of Benjamin Franklin and Jean Baptiste Antoine Auget de Montyon in center. "FRANKLIN / BIENFAISANCE DU GÉNIE" on left side by Franklin and "MONTYON / GÉNIE DE LA BIENFAISANCE" on right side by Montyon.
Reverse: Stylized wreath and "SOCIÉTÉ MONTYON ET FRANKLIN POUR LES PORTRAITS DES HOMMES UTILES" around perimeter. "LES SOUSCRIPTEURS ASSOCIÉS POUR PROPAGER L'HISTOIRE DES BIENFAITEURS DE L'HUMANITÉ 1833." in center.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:1.625in
Creator:
Barre, Jacques-Jean
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Obverse: Overlapping bas-relief profile portraits of Benjamin Franklin and Jean Baptiste Antoine Auget de Montyon in center. "FRANKLIN / BIENFAISANCE DU GÉNIE" on left side by Franklin and "MONTYON / GÉNIE DE LA BIENFAISANCE" on right side by Montyon.
Reverse: Stylized wreath and "SOCIÉTÉ MONTYON ET FRANKLIN POUR LES PORTRAITS DES HOMMES UTILES" around perimeter. "LES SOUSCRIPTEURS ASSOCIÉS POUR PROPAGER L'HISTOIRE DES BIENFAITEURS DE L'HUMANITÉ 1833." in center.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:1.625in
Creator:
Barre, Jacques-Jean
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Obverse: Overlapping bas-relief profile portraits of Benjamin Franklin and Jean Baptiste Antoine Auget de Montyon in center. "FRANKLIN / BIENFAISANCE DU GÉNIE" on left side by Franklin and "MONTYON / GÉNIE DE LA BIENFAISANCE" on right side by Montyon.
Reverse: Stylized wreath and "SOCIÉTÉ MONTYON ET FRANKLIN POUR LES PORTRAITS DES HOMMES UTILES" around perimeter. "LES SOUSCRIPTEURS ASSOCIÉS POUR PROPAGER L'HISTOIRE DES BIENFAITEURS DE L'HUMANITÉ 1833." in center.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:1.625in
Creator:
Barre, Jacques-Jean
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Obverse: Overlapping bas-relief profile portraits of Benjamin Franklin and Jean Baptiste Antoine Auget de Montyon in center. "FRANKLIN / BIENFAISANCE DU GÉNIE" on left side by Franklin and "MONTYON / GÉNIE DE LA BIENFAISANCE" on right side by Montyon.
Reverse: Stylized wreath and "SOCIÉTÉ MONTYON ET FRANKLIN POUR LES PORTRAITS DES HOMMES UTILES" around perimeter. "LES SOUSCRIPTEURS ASSOCIÉS POUR PROPAGER L'HISTOIRE DES BIENFAITEURS DE L'HUMANITÉ 1833." in center.
May be a strike depression.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.250in Dia:1.688in
Creator:
Barre, Jacques-Jean
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Obverse: Overlapping bas-relief profile portraits of Benjamin Franklin and Jean Baptiste Antoine Auget de Montyon in center. "FRANKLIN / BIENFAISANCE DU GÉNIE" on left side by Franklin and "MONTYON / GÉNIE DE LA BIENFAISANCE" on right side by Montyon.
Reverse: blank
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Bas-Relief with Portrait of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
Description:
Dimension:Dia:7.000in Not incl. hook at top
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Bas-relief profile portrait of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier at center. "Lavoisier, membre du lycée des arts" around top perimeter in script.