Bronze medal George Washington,by Raymond Ostrander Smith, signed "R.O.Smith" and "Jno Williams(Foundry)1916", diameter 12.5 inches.//////Biography:Smith attended public schools for seven and one halfyears and began learning design work at the age of eleven. Hewas the stepson of John Quincy Adams Ward, an artist who worked for the American Bank Note Company in the 1800s. Wardpersuaded his friend A. D. Shepard, a vice-president of AmericanBank Note, to place Smith in his designing department.he worked for ABNC until 1897 as modeler and designer , and later joined the BEP and continued working there untilthe end of 1902, when he returned to employment with American.During his BEP years, Smith designed many of the most beautifulstamps ever produced by the United States.(From Artinstamps.blogspot.com)./////////His bronze work is rarely seen./////(From Wiki):"Jno. Williams, Inc. was prominent American foundry. Located in New York City, it was established in 1875, incorporated in 1905, and dissolved in 1956.HistoryThe foundry's founder, John Williams, was a former employee of Tiffany & Company. The foundry operated (and perhaps rented out) buildings located at 536, 537, 547 and 549 West 26th Street, which were designed by the architect Charles H. Caldwell. Some of these were built in 1900 while others date from between 1912 and 1914. In the 1990s one of the buildings served as a studio for photographer Annie Leibovitz.Col. William Crawford Statue Connellsville, Pennsylvania.It was often the foundry of choice for sculptors including Daniel Chester French, Karl Bitter, Louis Amateis, R. Tait McKenzie, Allen George Newman, Augustus Lukeman, Roland Hinton Perry, J. Massey Rhind, Olin Levi Warner, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Edward Kemeys, Frederick MacMonnies, Charles Niehaus, J.Q.A. Ward, Carl Augustus Heber, Charles Keck, Andrew O'Connor, Alexander Phimister Proctor, Anton Schaaf, Francois Tonetti, Gaetan Trentanove, Samuel Kilpatrick (Connellsville, Pennsylvania Artist) and Albert Weinert.Their architectural work, mostly bronze doors, includes commissions for the Boston Public Library, Library of Congress, U.S. Capitol, Quadriga at Minnesota State Capitol, St. Bartholomew's Church, NYC, Tigers at Nassau Hall, Princeton University, and the Flagpole at Missouri State Capitol."

Good condition overall