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Portrait Medal of General Lafayette
Engraved by: Francois-Augustin Caunois (French, 1787–1859)
French
1824
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 47 mm (1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry H. Fay
Accession Number13.823
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Fuld LA.1824.5; Olivier 35
DescriptionObverse: Profile bust of Lafayette looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "GENERAL LAFAYETTE", on bust "·1824·", and under bust "CAUNOIS FRENCH".
Reverse: Inscribed in wreath "THE DEFENDER/OF AMERICAN AND FRENCH LIBERTY./1777-1824/BORN IN CHAVANIAL,/THE 6 SEPTEMBER,/1757.".
Reverse: Inscribed in wreath "THE DEFENDER/OF AMERICAN AND FRENCH LIBERTY./1777-1824/BORN IN CHAVANIAL,/THE 6 SEPTEMBER,/1757.".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "GENERAL LAFAYETTE", on bust "·1824·", and under bust "CAUNOIS FRENCH".
Reverse: Inscribed in wreath "THE DEFENDER/OF AMERICAN AND FRENCH LIBERTY./1777-1824/BORN IN CHAVANIAL,/THE 6 SEPTEMBER,/1757.".
Reverse: Inscribed in wreath "THE DEFENDER/OF AMERICAN AND FRENCH LIBERTY./1777-1824/BORN IN CHAVANIAL,/THE 6 SEPTEMBER,/1757.".
ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; 1913, gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)