Bronze medal honoring Lafayette
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This medal honored Lafayette's service in the American Revolution and descended through the family of Nelly Custis Lewis, a granddaughter of Martha Washington. The front features a portrait bust of Lafayette with the inscription: "GENERAL LAFAYETTE / CAUNOIS FRENCH / 1824." The reverse reads: "THE DEFENDER / OF AMERICAN AND / FRENCH LIBERTY. / 1777-1824. / BORN IN CHAVANIAC, / THE 6 SEPTEMBER, / 1757."
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Date1824
Maker
Francois-Augustin Caunois
(French)
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsOverall: 1 13/16 in. x 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm x 4.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Lyttleton B. P. Gould, Jr., M. Chapin Krech, Dr. Shepard Krech, Alvin W. Krech, Peter Chapin, Charles Chapin, and Mrs. Charles Merrill Chapin III, in memory of Esther Maria Lewis Chapin, 1986
Object numberM-3207/A-C
DescriptionLafayette by Caunois. Bronze. About Uncirculated, marks. Accompanied by two notes.
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18th Century
1934
1880-1889
c. 1981
1859
1816
