Medal, Commemorative

Title:

Union Franco-Americaine

Object Name:

Medal, Commemorative

Object ID:

1920.010.01

Creator:

Roty, Louis-Oscar (1846-1911)Sculptor

Place of Origin:

France

Date:

1886

Description:

Medal, U.S. Centennial, French, bronze. Obverse: Statue of Liberty and symbolic figues, including angel, with words "UNION FRANCO-AMERICAINE" and date "28 OCTOBRE / MDCCCLXXXVI"; sculptor's name, "O. Roty", lower left. Reverse: relief bust of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, designer of the Statue of Liberty, with words "SOUVENIR DE L'INDEPENDANCE AMERICAINE / MONUMENT / ERIGE PAR LA FRANCE / ET L'AMERIQUE EN SOUVENIR / DE LEUR ANCIENNE AMITIE / 1776 / 1876".

Material:

Metal
Bronze

Dimensions:

D-0.1 Dia-2.7 inches

Provenance:

Collected by Edward Tuck when he was living in Paris.

Credit Line:

Gift of Edward Tuck

People:

Tuck, Edward (1842-1938), Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste (1834-1904)

Subjects:

Statue of Liberty, Angels, American Revolution, Independence, Centennial, Centennial celebrations