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Léon Gambetta
Modeled by: Jules-Clément Chaplain (French, 1839–1909)
French
1883
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Cast bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 101 mm, 345 gm (4 in., 12.17 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss M. Louise Dewey
Accession Number20.209
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Mazerolle 24
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Gambetta looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "LEON·GAMBETTA·2·AVRIL·1838·31·DECEMBRE·1882" and under bust in script "JC. Chaplain".
Reverse: Monument at center, inscribed on its front, with a tree behind it and two lightning bolts at proper right; inscribed on monument "R F", at proper left "QVO/JVSSA/POPVLL/-", and in exergue "MDCCCLXXXII".
Reverse: Monument at center, inscribed on its front, with a tree behind it and two lightning bolts at proper right; inscribed on monument "R F", at proper left "QVO/JVSSA/POPVLL/-", and in exergue "MDCCCLXXXII".
ProvenanceBy 1920, Miss M. Louise Dewey; 1920, gift of Miss M. Louise Dewey to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 4, 1920)