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Medal: French liberty
André Galle (French, 1761–1844)
French (Paris)
1792
Object Place: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Coin or medal: 38 mm, 11h
Credit Line
Gift of the Boston Numismatic Society
Accession Number98.1224
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal commemorating French liberty. Probably after Augustin Dupré's 'American Liberty', 1783.
Obverse: Profile bust of a woman (Liberty) looking to proper right with long hair and a pole with a cap on it behind; inscribed above "LIBERTE FRANÇOISE", on shoulder "GALLE F", and below "L'AN I.DE LA.R.F.".
Reverse: Inscribed at center in wreath of ivy "A LA/CONVENTION/NATIONALE/PAR LES/ARTISTES REUNIS/DE YYON./---/PUR METAL/DE CLOCHE/FRAPIE EN/MDCCXCII".
Obverse: Profile bust of a woman (Liberty) looking to proper right with long hair and a pole with a cap on it behind; inscribed above "LIBERTE FRANÇOISE", on shoulder "GALLE F", and below "L'AN I.DE LA.R.F.".
Reverse: Inscribed at center in wreath of ivy "A LA/CONVENTION/NATIONALE/PAR LES/ARTISTES REUNIS/DE YYON./---/PUR METAL/DE CLOCHE/FRAPIE EN/MDCCXCII".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed above "LIBERTE FRANÇOISE", on shoulder "GALLE F", and below "L'AN I.DE LA.R.F.".
Reverse: Inscribed at center in wreath of ivy "A LA/CONVENTION/NATIONALE/PAR LES/ARTISTES REUNIS/DE YYON./---/PUR METAL/DE CLOCHE/FRAPIE EN/MDCCXCII".
Reverse: Inscribed at center in wreath of ivy "A LA/CONVENTION/NATIONALE/PAR LES/ARTISTES REUNIS/DE YYON./---/PUR METAL/DE CLOCHE/FRAPIE EN/MDCCXCII".
ProvenanceBy 1898, Boston Numismatic Society; 1898, gift of the Boston Numismatic Society to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 1, 1898)