ROTY, Louis Oscar

Paris 1846 - Paris 1911

Identification of artist by Laure de Margerie, May 2019.

Union franco-américaine / Souvenir de l'Indépendance américaine, Auguste Bartholdi, Statuaire

Franco-American Union / Souvenir of the American Independence, Auguste Bartholdi, Sculptor

1876

bronze

medal and plaquette

Dimensions (HxWxD): diam. 2,7 x depth 0.125 in.

obverse:
UNION FRANCO AMERICAINE / 28 OCTOBRE / MDCCCLXXXVI
reverse:
AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI STATUAIRE / SOUVENIR DE L'INDEPENDANCE AMERICAINE / MONUMENT / ERIGE PAR LA FRANCE / ET L'AMERIQUE EN SOUVENIR / DE LEUR ANCIENNE AMITIE / 1776 / 1876

Acc. No.: 1920.010.01

Credit Line: Gift of Edward Tuck

Photo credit: ph. courtesy New Hampshire Historical Society

© Artist:

Concord, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Historical Society

www.nhhistory.org/

Provenance

• Collected by Edward Tuck (1842-1938)when he was living in Paris
• 1920, Gift of Edward Tuck

Bibliography

• Museum's website (accessed May 29, 2019)

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