Benjamin Duvivier
Medal: George Washington Before Boston

ArtistFrench, 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
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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: "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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