Medal: Commemorating GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799)
Medal: Commemorating GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799)
Artist
Benjamin Du Vivier
(French, 1730-1819)
Place of OriginFrance
Date1785-1789
Dimensions2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Mediumgilded bronze
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus
Object number
1907.46
Not on View
DescriptionObverse: George Washington in profile, to right.
Inscribed around: GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATUS/COMITIA AMERICANA
Reverse: Washington with several mounted officers.
Inscribed around: HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS. Below landscape: BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM/ XVII MARTII/ MDCCLXXVI
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Commemorative Medals, in observance of Human Rights Week, December 1963.Comparative ReferencesSee also H. Nocq, Les Duvivier, Paris. 1911.
J. Felix Faulcon, imprimeur de Monseigneur l'Evêque, du Clergé & de l'Université, Poitiers, 1765
1765
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