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| Location | France |
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| Year | 1818 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon in high relief, depicted with curly hair and an open collar. The legend curves along the upper rim, interrupted by the bust, with the engraver's signature DEPAULIS F. inscribed at the lower centre of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | P. JOLYOT . DE CRÉBILLON DEPAULIS . F. |
| Reverse description | Plain field bearing an entirely typographic inscription in six lines recording the subject's birth in Dijon in Roman numeral date M.DC.LXXIV and death in M.DCC.LXII, separated from the two lower lines by a horizontal rule. The lower section, in smaller lettering, identifies the series as GALERIE METALLIQUE DES GRANDS HOMMES FRANÇAIS, followed by a second rule and the Arabic date 1818 in the exergue. |
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