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    Bonnardel, Pierre Antoine Hippolyte, born 1824 - died 1856
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Model

  • Place of origin:

    London, England (made)

  • Date:

    1851 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Bonnardel, Pierre Antoine Hippolyte, born 1824 - died 1856 (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Plaster, moulded

  • Museum number:

    A.2:1, 2-2004

  • Gallery location:

    Sculpture, room 111, case DR12

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Struck medals can be made in large numbers. Each medal is formed mechanically by the force of two engraved metal dies pressing the image on to a blank disc of softer metal held between them. Struck medals are generally designed in low relief and have crisp, sharp outlines. By the 1850s artists who were not skilled die engravers could use a reducing machine to design medals. A durable copy of their plaster model, like the one shown here, was fixed to the reducing machine. This scanned the model and simultaneously cut a steel die on a reduced scale.

Physical description

Circular roundel model (with frame) depicting, in low relief, an allegorical scene of a female figure representing Britannia crowning two others representing Industry and Commerce.

Place of Origin

London, England (made)

Date

1851 (made)

Artist/maker

Bonnardel, Pierre Antoine Hippolyte, born 1824 - died 1856 (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Plaster, moulded

Descriptive line

Model for reverse of 1851 Exhibition Council Medal, plaster, by Pierre Antoine Hippolyte Bonnardel, France, 1851

Materials

Plaster

Subjects depicted

Figures (representations); Britannia; Allegory; Commemoration; Medals; Personification; Allegorical figures; Industry; Commerce

Categories

Metalwork; Sculpture; Coins & Medals; Great Exhibition

Collection code

SCP

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