Medal of Tribute to Émile Zola | Yale University Art Gallery

1898

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 90.95 g, 12:00, 58.8 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Reverend George Stewart, B.A.1915, LL.B. 1917, Ph.D. 1921, Hon. DD. 1939
Accession Number: 2001.87.26914
Geography: Made in Paris, France
Culture: French
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: HOMMAGE A EMILE ZOLA r. profile bust of Zola with ear-length hair slicked back, thick mustache and beard, spectacles with chain coming down across chieek, in monk's habit with mantle over shoulders.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: LA VÉRITÉ / EST EN MARCHE / ET RIEN / NE L'ARRÊTERA / EMILE ZOLA / 13 JANVIER 1898 Sun emerging from clouds. At bottom, CHA monogram.

Provenance

Reverend George Stewart; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

Marks

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