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| Location | France |
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| Year | 1879 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Allegorical female figure of Science seated three-quarters facing, her head laurelled and surrounded by a halo of stars, extending a laurel branch in her right hand and resting her left hand on a globe with armillary sphere. At her feet to the left, a putto reads an open book, with a locomotive and a sailing ship in the background; to the right, scientific instruments including a cogwheel and a retort are visible in the field. A hot-air balloon appears in the upper left background, and the date 1879 is inscribed in the exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | EXPOSITION DES SCIENCES APPLIQUÉES À L'INDUSTRIE DÉPOSÉ 1879 |
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| Reverse lettering | DÉCERNÉE A GOUTHIER (Gustave.) |
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