Not currently on display at the V&A

Medal

ca. 1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This medal is of the French Exhibition of 1855.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Brief description
Napoleon III / Paris Exhibition of 1855, struck bronze, French, 19th century, 1855.
Physical description
Medal depicts on the obverse the head of the Emperor Napoleon and on the reverse an allegorical figure of France crowning two seated figures of Art and Industry.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 3.81cm
Object history
Medal of the French Exhibition of 1855. Bought.
Subjects depicted
Summary
This medal is of the French Exhibition of 1855.
Bibliographic reference
Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1856. In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 37
Collection
Accession number
6502-1856

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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