Benjamin Duvivier
Medal: George Washington Before Boston

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Artist Benjamin Duvivier(French, 1730–1819)French, 1730–1819

CultureFrench

Titles

Medal: George Washington Before Boston

Date1790

PlaceFrance

MediumBronze

DimensionsOverall: 2 11/16 in. (6.8cm)

Credit LineGift of Nina Cullinan

Object number45.10

Non exposé

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Object Type

COINS & MEDALS

ProvenanceNina Cullinan, Houston; given to MFAH, 1945.
Exhibition History"Radicals and Revolutionaries: America's Founding Fathers," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 10–May 28, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Obverse: "Georgio Washington Supremo Duci Exercituum Adsertori Liberatus" and at bottom "Comita Americana"

Reverse: "Hostibus Primo Fugatis" -top: "Bostonium Recuperatum XVII MARTII MDCCLXXVI"

Obverse: lower left "Du Vivier Paris, F."

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