A Collection of Art Medals

France, 1866. France. Napoleon III, "La Telegraphie Electrique", Æ medal by A.Bovy, 72mm (The written words fly around the world) (CGMP II, 210). Very rare, fine to very fine (£90-120)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Art Medals.

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Jean Francois Antoine Bovy (1795-1877) learned modelling and sculpture with Pradier and was naturalized a Frenchman in 1835. (See BDM I, p. 243).