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Portrait Medal of the Great Russian Novelist Ivan S. Turgenev

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Date:

ca. 1969.

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

2854288

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National Medal Collection

Portrait Medal of the Great Russian Novelist Ivan S. Turgenev
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

ca. 1969.

Place:

France:

Place of creation:

France

Extent:

1 medal : bronze ; 169.21 gr
Support 0.000 x mm

Language of material:

French

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A bronze medal sculptured for the Paris Mint by artist Serge Ponomarew. The medal commemorates the life and work of Russian Novelist, Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883). He is most famous for the writing of his novel "Fathers and Sons," regarded as one of the major works of 19th century fiction.

The obverse side of the medal displays a bust of Turgenev and is engraved with his year of birth and his year of death.

The reverse side of the medal displays many images evocative of Russian life and culture as Turgenev knew it: A banquet for the wealthy (top), a rest for a hunting party (bottom), a flight of birds coming from the west (symbolizing cultivation of youth), and blooms of roses.

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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: TOURGUENEV 1818 - 1883 / S. PONOMAREW / inscription in non-latin alphabet, Inscription: reverse: DE QUELLE BEAUTE DE QUELLE FRAICHEUR ETAIENT CES ROSES, Inscription: edge: 1970 mark BRONZE, Inscription: attachment: no attachment

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C-088795 : obverse
C-088796 : reverse
Subject heading:

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commemoration

portrait activity
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1986-079 X PIC
04438
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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1986-79-4438

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