Undated (late 19th century), France. PHOTOGRAPHIC AWARD. ?By Alfred Borrel. AE 51mm. Obv: An allegorical female taking a picture of a semi-nude, seated female. Rev: A circular compartment within a wreath. Nearly extremely fine. $90. Sorry, SOLD Alfred Borrel was born in Paris in 1836. He studied under his father Valentin- Maurice Borrel and under Jouffroy and Merley. As a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts. He won the secondf grand prix de Rome for medal engraving. We was a soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais. He won a third class medal at the salon in 1880, a second class medal in 1890, and a first class medal in 1893. He was made a chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur in 1906. Borrel died in 1927.