General Burgoyne Surrenders His Sword to General Gates at Saratoga [reverse], 1787

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 5.55 cm (2 3/16 in.)
gross weight: 78.36 gr (0.173 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin

Accession Number

2002.146.6.b

Artists / Makers

Nicolas-Marie Gatteaux (medalist) French, 1751 - 1832

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: SALUS REGIONAUM SEPTENTRIONAL.; on exergual line: GATTEAUX F.; in exergue: HOSTE AD SARATOGAM / IN DEDITION.ACCEPTO / DIE XVII.OCT.MDCCLXXVII

Provenance

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 2002 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Lisa

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 893, repro.