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

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ClassificationsNumismatics

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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)