DAVID, Pierre Jean  (1788-1856) French sculptor, medalist.
          Also called David d’Angers.
          Born Angers, France, 12 March 1788.
          Specialized in large uniface portrait medallions (which
          he cast, or supervised by others, as Louis Richard).
          Signed his work DAVID, often in scrip.
          Died Paris, 6 January 1856.

           C  A  S  T     M  E  D  A  L  S

1831 Levy (Uriah Phillips) American Naval Officer Portrait
          Medallion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1831 Washington (James Augustin) Portrait Medallion [an
          Englishman who Storer confused as American]. Storer 3735
1840c Cooper (James Fenimore) Portrait Relief . . . . . . . .
          Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art . . . . . . . . . 98.7.29
1853 Stowe (Harriet Beecher) American Novelest Portrait
          Medallion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

          R  E  P  L  I  C  A  S     &    R  E  I  S  S  U  E  S

1894 Kosciusko (Thaddeus) Portrait Cast Plaque [replicated
          from the original (undated) by David d'Angers, with
          added lettering in a wide border and Polish eagle on
          a shield at bottom, issued in New York on centennal
          of Battle of Raclawice in Russia]  . . . . . . . . .
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  PCA 64:676

          B I O G R A P I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

BL  {1906} A.L.A. Portrait Index, p 388.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 4:479-481.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

E3  {1902-30} Forrer 1:522-535 (or 347-360).
M14 {1931} Storer (medical) 3735, p 505.
N27 {1984} Jung, p 81.