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France, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, a bronze plaque by J.-E. Roiné for the SAMF, La France welcoming and crowning Genius of the Old and New Worlds, from the drawing by A. Besnard, reverse city view of Paris from the Pont Alexandre III to the Eiffel Tower, 69 x 55mm, edge stamped 192 (Coll. R. Marx 97; PBE 829; Baxter 98; BDM V, 196; cf. ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.263, 9). About extremely fine, rare (£90-120)

Jules-Édouard Roiné (1857-1916), sculptor and medallist from Nantes, emigrated to the USA in 1886 but returned frequently to France to exhibit his work at the Paris Salons