1911, France. TRIBUTE TO GEORGES PICOT. By Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon. AE plaquette 52mm x 71mm. Obv: Bust of Georges Picot facing three-quarters right. Rev: An allegorical female leaning against a rock as a line of workers walks towards an industrial plant. Maier 171. Extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD
Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon, sculptor and medallist was born at Paris in 1858. He studied under Jules Cavelier, Chaplain and Tasset. He exhibited at the Salon and won a third prize in 1884 and the Prix de Rome in 1887. In 1900 he won a gold medal at the Universal Exposition and was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur. Vernon died in 1912.