Medal
- Object Name:
- Medal
- Object ID:
- 1995.646.04
- Creator:
- Magniadas, Franky
Sculptor - Place of Origin:
- France
- Date:
- 1866
- Description:
- Bronze medal, Abraham Lincoln, 1866. Obverse: profile of head of Lincoln facing left; text around perimeter: "DÉDIÉ PAR LA DÉMOCRATIE FRANCAISE A LINCOLN PRÉSIDENT DEUX FOIS ÉLU DES ÉTATS-UNIS"; very small text below bust: "FRANKY MAGNIADAS". Reverse: image of Lincoln's tomb with winged angel and two African Americans honoring him; text on tomb: "LINCOLN L'HONNÊTE HOMME / ABOLIT L'ESCLAVAGE RÉTABLIT L'UNION / SAUVA LA RÉPUBLIQUE / SANS VOILER LA STATUE DE LA LIBERTÉ / IL FUT ASSASINÉ LE 14 AVRIL / 1865"; at bottom: "LIBERTÉ - ÉGALITÉ - FRATERNITÉ"; in smaller text below tomb: "FRANKY - MAGNIADAS"; American eagle emblem at top.
- Material:
- Metal
Bronze - Dimensions:
- D-0.3 Dia-3.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Commissioned in 1866 by a group of French republicans opposed to the regime of Napoleon III. Bronze medals were struck from the original dies used to make the gold medal presented to Mary Todd Lincoln in 1866. Robert Todd Lincoln later presented her medal to the Library of Congress.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
- Subjects:
- African Americans, Lincoln, Abraham
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