Plaquette
1887 (made)
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This is the reverse of a bronze plaquette. It shows a female figure holding a pen in her right hand and a scroll in her left sat besides the body of a woman lying on a couch. The obverse of this plaquette is number 679-1894, which commemorates Dr Léon Gosselin, a French doctor and scientist. It is the work of Oscar Louis Roty, the leading French medallist of the late nineteenth century.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Plaquette, Rev, female figure, scroll, pen, body of a woman, inscription. Roty. |
| Physical description | Reverse of plaquette, bronze, struck from a die, and silvered; by the side of a couch, on which the body of a woman is laid, sits a female figure holding a pen in her right hand and a scroll in her left. Above are the words CLINIQVE. CHIRVRGICALE DE L'HOPITAL DE LA CHARITE LEÇONS SVR LES HERNIES, whilst beneath is the legend VIRVM. OPTIMVM. MANV. ET DOCTRINA. MVLTIS. SALVTAREM- DISCIPVLI. ET. AMICI. Signed 'O. Roty' |
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| Marks and inscriptions | CLINIQVE. CHIRVRGICALE DE L'HOPITAL DE LA CHARITE LEÇONS SVR LES HERNIES.
VIRVM. OPTIMVM. MANV. ET DOCTRINA. MVLTIS. SALVTAREM- DISCIPVLI. ET. AMICI |
| Object history | Bought together with 659-1894 to 680-1894 for £159. 4s. 1d. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This is the reverse of a bronze plaquette. It shows a female figure holding a pen in her right hand and a scroll in her left sat besides the body of a woman lying on a couch. The obverse of this plaquette is number 679-1894, which commemorates Dr Léon Gosselin, a French doctor and scientist. It is the work of Oscar Louis Roty, the leading French medallist of the late nineteenth century. |
| Associated object | |
| 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 | |
| Accession number | 680-1894 |
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| Record created | January 19, 2009 |
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