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Count Fedor Petrovich Tolstoi (1783–1873
Sobranie reznykh izobrazhenii s medalei [A Collection of
Images Engraved from Medals]
St. Petersburg: V. Plavil’shchikov, 1818
NYPL, Slavic and Baltic Division
This design for a medal commemorates both the triumph
of Russia over Napoleon and the victor’s European “civility.” Here,
the Russian conqueror, his vanquished foes littering
the field behind him, offers a symbol of peace to the
kneeling personification of the subjugated city of Paris.
The encircling caption suggests that justice has been
done, as “The Fire of Moscow will be extinguished
in the walls of Paris.”
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