Antoine Jean Baptiste Robert Auget and Benjamin Franklin
Jacques-Jean Barre
(French, 1793–1855)
1833
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 42 mm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Samuel Abbott Green
Accession number17.241
ClassificationsNumismatics
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at proper right "FRANKLIN/BIENFAISANCE DU GENIE", at proper left "MONTYON/GENIE DE LA BIENFAISANCE", and below "BARRE".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "SOCIETE MONTYON ET FRANKLIN POUR LES PORTRAITS DES HOMMES UTILES" and at center within wreath "LES/SOUSCRIPTEURS/ASSOCIÉS POUR/PROPACER L'HISTOIRE/DES BIENFAITEURS/DE L'HUMANITÉ/1833".ProvenanceBy 1917, Dr. Samuel Abbot Green; 1917, gift of Dr. Samuel Abbott Green to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 15, 1917)
