Object Number | 29-223-80 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | French |
Provenience | France |
Manufacture Location | France |
Date Made | circa 1789 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Bronze |
Iconography | Male Portrait | Freedom |
Description | OBV: profile (male) of King Louis xvi, and inscription: Louis xvi Roi des Francais Pere d'un Peuple Libre Assembl.e des Elect.s de Paris. Le Roi Y Seant Le 17 Juillet 1789 REV: female figure holding staff and hat, inscribing an obelisk with the date/words: Juillet m.dcc.lxxix Presidents des Electeurs J. de Lavigne et M.L.E. Moreau de St. Mery. Inscription: Liberte Assuree |
Thickness | 0.4 cm |
Outside Diameter | 4.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Maxwell Sommerville, 1901 |
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