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Exposition des sciences appliquées à l'industrie

Location France
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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