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France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1889, a cast bronze medal by L.-O. Roty for the Dinner given for Louis Herbette, bust left, reverse legend in 10 lines, 70mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.91; Coll. R. Marx –; PBE –; cf. BDM V, 241). Extremely fine and nicely patinated, very rare (£80-100)

Illustrated on plates in back of catalogue.

Louis Herbette, Director of the Administration Penitentiaire; the dinner took place on 8 July 1889. Roty modelled the portrait of Herbette in 1887