Benjamin Duvivier
Medal: Lafayette, Avenger of Liberty in Two Worlds

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Medal: Lafayette, Avenger of Liberty in Two Worlds
Date1789–1790
PlaceFrance
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 1 5/8in. (4.1cm)
Credit LineGift of Nina Cullinan
Object number45.20
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
106 Cameron Gallery
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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: "M.P.J.R.I.G Motier M Quis De Lafayette Né le Sept. 1757"

Reverse:"Major General dans les Armées des Etats Unis D'Amerique. En 1777, Mareschal De Camp. Vice PrésidT De L'assemblée Nationale Le 12 Juillet Commandant Général de la Garde Nation ParisE Le 15 Juillet 1789"; inscribed around edge "Vengeur de la Liberté ans Les eux Mondes"
Obverse: bottom - "Offert par B. Du Vivier A La Garde Nation"

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