frank Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 I came across a description of this medal in a New York Times article today about St-Gaudens. He made it following a trip he made in France in 1878 with the architects Stanford White and Charles McKim. It seems St-Gaudens was just as much a wild man in general, and specifically around women, as White (who seduced Evelyn Nesbit, etc). I like the ironically over-exaggerated "classicality" of the medal, kind of a Monty Python take on historical "architecture." This is the biggest image I could get, but the Met Museum page linked below allows much closer inspection. That's Stanford White in the middle, St-Gaudens on the left and McKim on the right. NYTimes page Met Museum page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Very interesting medal. I'll have to check the NY Times article later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 A bit bigger & clearer image. Thanks for the interesting post Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 The inscriptions: Inscriptions: [around edge]: HIC • MEDALVM • IN • HONOREM • VIAGIATVM • IN SVDIT • GALLIA • XI • DIVRNI • IN • MESI [representation of a crab]: •M D • C • C • C • LXXVIII • / [written backward, right to left]: •F M • S • BEAVNE • D • L • RHONE • A • ST • GILES • A • C • R • P •; [upper left and right]: DAMVS • / SOLVM •; [center left]: • TICKLEVM • / FVRIO; [center right]: • VA • SECHAS•; [lower center]: K • M • A I particularly like, "DAMVS TICKLEVM." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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