PoliticalTeddy Roosevelt Plaque by Fraser--Who Designed the Buffalo Nickel!

1920, Theodore Roosevelt Bronze Plaque, by James Earle Fraser, Choice Extremely Fine.
An attractive 13” x 10” heavy bronze plaque, a profile bust of Roosevelt, Choice Extremely Fine. The plaque bears Roosevelt’s quote at the bottom: “AGGRESSIVE FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT IS THE NOBLEST SPORT THE WORLD AFFORDS.” Plaque is oxidized, rust-brown, but this original patina can be easily restored. Tape remnants along the upper edge and in the lower right background, the bust itself is unaffected. “Dec Arts” logo engraved on reverse side.

James Earle Fraser (1878 - 1953) had many public commissions for sculptures of famous political and social patrons. His bust of Teddy Roosevelt for the U.S. Senate and later a Monument of Roosevelt at Santiago de Cuba were publicly acclaimed. Fraser designed the 1913 buffalo nickel for the U.S. Treasury Department. He received a commission for the monumental version of a despairing Native American, “The End of the Trail” was placed in San Francisco, California, for its 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. In 1917 Fraser was awarded the commission for a monument to Alexander Hamilton for the U.S. Treasury Building.