Complex sentence: It is a copy of the composition which Mercié exhibited in one of the interior courtyards of Paris' Hôtel de Ville and was acquired for the town by Don de Joseph Chevalier a local philanthropist.
Split into simpler sentences: It is a copy of the composition which Mercié exhibited in one of the interior courtyards of Paris' town hall. It was acquired for the town by Don de Joseph Chevalier a local philanthropist.