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France, The French Youth Pay Homage to Michel Chevreul on his 100th Birthday, 1886, a bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, bust right with wavy hair, reverse female student with seated figure of Chevreul, 69mm (Coll. R. Marx 14; PBE 840; CGMP p.359; BDM V, 231; Baxter 32; cf. DNW 38, 713). Extremely fine, nicely patinated (£25-35)

Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786-1889), chemist and member of the Académie des Sciences