1882, France. THE RE BUILDING OF THE HOTEL-DE-VILLE, PARIS. By Jules Clement Chaplain. Bronze 76mm. Obv: A seated female with the Hotel-de-Ville in the background. Rev: Shield, inscription and branch. Nearly extremely fine. $135. Sorry, SOLD. ———– Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain was born at Mortagne in 1839. He entered the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1857. He studied under the sculptor, Jouffroy, and Eugene-Andr? Oudin?, the medallist. He won the first prize at the Concours de Rome in 1862. He studied in Italy from 1864 to? 1868. He was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts in 1881 and became an officer of the L?gion d’Honneur in 1888. He died in 1909