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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.
Medal: Commemorating GEORGE WASHINGTON
Medal: Commemorating GEORGE WASHINGTON
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about 1850-1860
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Covered Goblet with Portrait of George Washington
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Franz Paul Zach
about 1850-1860

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