The Voltaire Medal

Designer: Voltaire (French, 1694–1778)
Designer: Benjamin Franklin (American, 1706–1790, M.A. (Hon.) 1753)
Honorand: George Washington, American, 1732–1799, LL.D. 1781

1778

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

32.55 g, 12:00, 40.5 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Bequest of the Charles Wyllys Betts, B.A. 1867, M.A. 1871, Collection

Accession Number

2001.87.2905

Geography

Made in France

Culture

French

Period

18th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatic details

Numismatics Reference Number

Baker 78

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: GE. WASHINGTON ER. GENERAL OF THE CONTINL. ARMY IN AMERICA. around; bust of Washington [?] facing right.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: WASHIN. REUNIT PAR UN RARE ASSEMBLAGE. LES TALENS DU GUERRIER & LES VERTUS DU SAGE, around; a military vignette consisting of a cannon, mortar, balls, drum, trumpet and flag, resting on the ground, and surrounded above by a glory.
Provenance
Charles Wyllys Betts, to about 1887; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1887 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Charles Wyllys Betts, American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals, 1964 reprint (New York: Scott Stamp and Coin Company, 1964), 245, no. 544
  • William S. Baker, Medallic Portraits of Washington, 2nd (Philadelphia: Robert M. Lindsay, 1885), 47, no. 74
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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