From 1860, Léon-Michel Gambetta worked as a lawyer in Paris. He became a member of the National Assembly in 1871 and president of the chamber in 1879. After a ballot box victory, he became prime minister of the so-called "grande ministère de la Republique" in 1881, which already resigned in 1882. In 1883, Oscar Roty was commissioned to design a medal for Gambetta showing the dates of his main achievements.
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Oscar Roty
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Monnaie de Paris
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| Title | Portrait of Léon-Michel Gambetta |
| Date | 1883 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Paris TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | name and year at the front, at the top: LEON . GAMBETTA . 2 . AVRIL . I838 . 31 . DECEMBRE . I882 . |
| signatures (names) at the front, at the right: O.ROTY. | |
| text on the reverse: .. BAUDIN I868 / .. RRE I870 I87I / .. MAI I877 LIBERTATIS . AMORE / MAGNUS . / PATRIAE . AMORE . / MAJOR . | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | portrait medal |
| Inventory number | 1909-NN |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1909-NN |
| IIIF Manifest |
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7617/manifest.json
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8201/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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31A71
male sex; man
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44C34 politician, e.g. party leader Iconclass 61D(FRANCE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (FRANCE) Iconclass |
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