Medal

Title:

Exposition Universelle

Object Name:

Medal

Object ID:

1996.500.07

Creator:

Oudiné, Eugène André (1810-1887)Sculptor

Place of Origin:

Paris, France

Date:

1878

Description:

Medal, bronze, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878. Presented to John Dudley Philbrick (1818-1886). Obverse: group of women in classical dress; woman in center holds two laurel wreaths with raised arms; text above: "EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE MDCCCLXXVIII"; small text at bottom: "OUDINÉ." Reverse: two cherubs holding an unrolled scroll; text around perimeter: "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / PLANS DES BÂTIMENTS DE L'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DU CHAMP DE MARS ET DU TROCADERO"; small text below scroll: "OUDINÉ"; names of officials on each side of scroll. In square wooden box covered with maroon faux leather; hinged cover imprinted in gold, "EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE / PARIS-1878" and "RF" within laurel wreath; maroon silk lining inside cover, imprinted in gold, "MÉDAILLE COMMÉMORATIVE / OFFERTE / POUR / SERVICES RENDUS. / MONSIEUR JOHN D. PHILBRICK / MEMBRE DU JURY INTERNATIONAL / DES RÉCOMPENSES / CLASSE 7"; back of box imprinted in gold, "MARTIN-BESSON.GAINIER.8.S.C.D.G. 23R.Michel-le-Comte-PARIS". Medal held in maroon velvet insert.

Material:

Metal
Bronze

Dimensions:

D-0.25 Dia-3.4 inches

Provenance:

Probably donated by Christine Dudley Foster of Keene, NH, in 1926, along with a portrait of John D. Philbrick (1926.006) and at least one other medal (1975.599.15).

John Dudley Dudley Philbrick (1818-1886) was born in Deerfield, NH. He was Superintendent of Boston Public Schools from 1856 to 1878. He was director of the U.S. exhibition at the Paris Exposition in 1878.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Philbrick, John D. (1818-1886)

Subjects:

Expositions