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Lafayette as Commander of the Parisian National Guard (Circular medal,, bronze, 32 mm), 1802

Item — Box: 187

Identifier: Item 16

Scope and Contents

Updated version of the preceding medals, with a different legend on the reverse: Objet tour a tour d'idolâtrie et de haine on ne se rappelle aujourd'hui que ses malheurs et les services qu'il a rendus à la liberté des deux mondes. According to Olivier, (Iconographie..., p. 14), this medal was part of a program sponsored by First Consul Bonaparte, aimed at glorifying certain aspects of the French Revolution (in a letter to the Interior Minister, his brother Lucien, on 8 August 1802: "Il serait convenable de faire frapper des médailles pour toutes les opérations importantes de la Révolution.") Similar medals depicted Bonaparte himself, late generals Desaix and Kléber, Bailly (a former mayor of Paris, guillotined in 1793), Alexandre de Beauharnais (Joséphine's first husband, guillotined in 1794), as well as Vice-Consuls Cambacérès and Lebrun. The fact that a medal with Lafayette's effigy was struck [by Liénard] shows both Lafayette's intact prestige (though ten years had passed since 1792), and Bonaparte's efforts to attach him to his views and interests. White.

Dates

1802

Creator

From the Collection: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834. (Person)
From the Collection: Lafayette, Marie Adrienne de Noailles, marquise de, 1759-1807. (Person)
From the Collection: Lafayette, Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1779-1849. (Person)
From the Collection: Noailles de Tessé, Adrienne-Catherine, comtesse de, -1814. (Person)
From the Collection: Tessé, René Mans de Froullay, comte de, 1736-1814. (Person)
From the Collection: Beauchet, Philippe. (Person)
From the Collection: Hénin, Etiennette de Montconseil, princesse d\'. (Person)
From the Collection: Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817. (Person)
From the Collection: Pinckney, Thomas, 1750-1828. (Person)
From the Collection: Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817. (Person)
From the Collection: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. (Person)
From the Collection: Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832. (Person)
From the Collection: Owen, Robert, 1771-1858. (Person)
From the Collection: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. (Person)
From the Collection: Marshall, John, 1755-1835. (Person)
From the Collection: Madison, James, 1751-1836. (Person)
From the Collection: Adams, John, 1735-1826. (Person)
From the Collection: Monroe, James, 1758-1831. (Person)
From the Collection: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. (Person)
From the Collection: Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850. (Person)
From the Collection: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. (Person)
From the Collection: Clay, Henry, 1777-1852. (Person)
From the Collection: Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. (Person)
From the Collection: Willard, Emma, 1787-1870. (Person)
From the Collection: Wright, Frances, 1795-1852. (Person)
From the Collection: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. (Person)
From the Collection: Cadet de Gassicourt, C.-L. (Charles-Louis), 1769-1821. (Person)
From the Collection: Carnot, Lazare, 1753-1823. (Person)
From the Collection: France. Armée. Garde nationale (Paris) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material mainly in French, with a few items in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Restricted

Extent

49.6 cubic feet. (49.6 cubic feet.)

Physical Storage Information

Box: 187 (Mixed Materials)

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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