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{
    "localId": "7356",
    "label": "François-Joseph Talma (1763-1826)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.852"
}

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    "id": "7356",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.852",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "François-Joseph Talma (1763-1826)",
    "description": "François-Joseph Talma (1788-1856) was a French tragic actor. He established the practice of appearing in historically accurate costume, not the contemporary dress of the day, and created a new method of declamation, reciting lines without undue exaggeration and in more moderate diction. Blacklisted due to his support of Napoleon, he established the Théâtre de la Republique.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1837",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.852",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "medallions (medals)",
        "portraits"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_54.852_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diam: 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Bottom center: David; [Inscription] On right: Talma; [Inscription] On obverse: FUMIÈRE / ET CIE SUCRS - THIEBAUT FRES / PARIS",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4989"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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