1932, France. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF L?ASSOCIATION DES CHIMISTES DE SUCERIE DE DESTILLERIE ET DES INDUSTRIES AGRICOLES DE FRANCE ET DES COLONIES. By Georges-Henri Prud?homme. AE plaquette 53mm x 73mm. Obv: An allegorical female seated at a laboratory bench. Rev: Inscription. The obverse was taken from the reverse of an 1894 plaquette of Pasteur. Cf. Cat. Gen 3 327/H. Extremely fine. $100. Sorry, SOLD

Georges-Henri Prud?homme, sculptor and medallist was born in 1873. He was a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts, where he studied engraving under Alph?e Dubois and sculpture under Falgui?re. He exhibited at the salon beginning in 1894. He won an honorable mention in 1901 and a third class medal in 1904. In 1905 be became a Soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais and a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. Prud?homme died in 1947. ?