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№ 1869 x

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13 July 2011

Hammer Price:
£270

Sierra Leone, Carl Wadström, 1860, a silver medal by Lea Ahlborn for the Swedish Academy, bust left, rev. liberated negro seated by palm tree, 31mm (Hildebrand 433; Hyckert I, 329; Olsen 150). Extremely fine and lightly toned £100-150

Provenance: E. Roehrs Collection.

Carl Bernard Wadström (1746-99), Swedish abolitionist, published a number of works and was an activist in the movement for the colonisation of Sierra Leone