France, Centenary of the Birth of Hector Berlioz, 1903, a bronze plaque by G. Dupré, three-quarter bust left, scene from Les Troyens below, rev. Muse worshipping at the monument to Berlioz at Grenoble, 68 x 48mm (PBE 430; CGMP p.166; Niggl 334; Coll. R. Marx 331; BDM I, 653; cf. DNW 48, 701). Practically as struck, attractively patinated (£40-50)

Hector Berlioz (1803-69), composer. Les Troyens, one of his grand musical conceptions, composed between 1856 and 1859, was never performed in its entirety during his lifetime