72 - FRANCE — Paris General Agricultural Competition, jury member’s medal, by Alphée Dubois (1831–1905).

FRANCE — Paris General Agricultural Competition, jury member’s medal, by Alphée Dubois (1831–1905). Obverse: “REPVBLIQVE FRANÇAISE.” An allegory of the Republic, draped in a robe and wearing a laurel wreath, standing with her right hand extended toward a book resting on an altar inscribed with the word “SCIENCE,” and her left hand resting on the shoulder of Ceres (Agriculture), who carries a sheaf of wheat and a sickle; in the background on the right, a sower walking to the right. Signed: ALPHEE DUBOIS. Reverse: “MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE.” A cartouche framed by scrolls and surmounted by ears of grain, bearing the inscription in four lines: GENERAL AGRICULTURAL COMPETITION / OF PARIS / MEMBER OF THE JURY; below, a scroll inscribed SCIENCE LABEUR on a leafy bunch of grapes; initials A.D. at the tip. Material: Bronze. Diameter: 50 mm.