1907 Portrait Plaque of Russian Novelist Leo Tolstoy. Cast Bronze. 120 mm x 165 mm. By John Flanagan. About Uncirculated. Portrait of the bearded Tolstoy slightly right, his name LYOV TOLSTOI above and the sculptors monogram and date in Roman numerals in the left field. The back is blank, bearing just a vague incuse outline of the portrait, along with an integral suspension loop at the top. The finish of this rare plaque by the master of low relief portraiture (and designer of the Washington Quarter) is a very pleasing chocolate brown, with darker tones in the deeper recesses. There are a couple tiny minor spots evident in the fields. Reportedly cast by the Medallic Art Company of New York, but their signature is not present. From the Richard Jewell Collection.
