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Plaquette

July 1887 (made)
Artist/Maker
Roty, Oscar (maker)
Place of origin
France (made)

This is the obverse of a bronze plaquette depicting Dr Léon Gosselin, a French Doctor and scientist. It is the work of Louis Oscar Roty, the leading French medallist of the late nineteenth century.


Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Plaques & Plaquettes
Bronze
Object type
Plaquette
Materials and techniques
Silvered bronze
Bronze
Silvered
Brief description
Plaquette, obv, silvered bronze, Dr Léon Gosselin, Roty
Physical description
Obverse of Plaquette, bronze, struck from a die and silvered, with portrait bust to left of DR LÉON GOSSELIN MEMBRE. DE. L'INSTITVT NE. A PARIS 16 JVIN 1815. 30 AVRIL 1887. Beneath is the following legend :- PRESIDENT. DE. L'ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES. PROFESSEVR. A. LA. FACVLTÉ DE. MEDECINE. CHIRVRGIEN DE. L'HOPITAL. DE. LA. CHARITÉ. MEMBRE. DE. L'ACADEMIE DE. MEDECINE. PRESIDENT. DE. LA SOCTE. CLE. DES MEDECINS. DE. FRANCE.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.3125in
  • Width: 1.6875in
Object history
Bought with Nos. 659-1894 to 684-1894 for £159. 4s. 1d.
Subject depicted
Gosselin, Léon (Dr)
Summary
This is the obverse of a bronze plaquette depicting Dr Léon Gosselin, a French Doctor and scientist. It is the work of Louis Oscar Roty, the leading French medallist of the late nineteenth century.
Bibliographic reference
List of Objects in the Art Division South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1894. Arranged according to the dates of acquisition, with appendix and indices. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1895. pp. 100
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
679-1894

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Record createdJanuary 19, 2009
Record URL
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