FRANCE, J.H. Fabre, 1911 [issued 1925], a bronze plaque by L. Patriarche, seated figure of Fabre examining insects on the leaf of a plant on a table with a magnifying glass, rev. Fabre’s house and garden, scorpion, cricket and other insects in foreground, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 70 x 50mm, 108.08g (PBE 685; CGMP p.304; Classens 16; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 43, 115; cf. DNW 48, 712). About extremely fine and lightly patinated, an attractive study £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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Jean Henri Fabre (1823-1915), an entomologist, lived at Serignané-du-Comtat (dép. Vaucluse) from 1879 until his death. He provided the first detailed study of insect behaviour by observing creatures in their natural habitats.