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Object Details

Type

ART-Prints, Original

Medium

Print, Steel Engraving on Paper, Uncolored

Printmaker

Achille Collas

Physical Description

Uncolored steel engraving of the front and reverse views of eight commemorative medals and coins. Some of the coins relate to ballooning. Numbers with the views appear to show which views are part of the same coin. This engraving was made using the machine invented by Achille Collas (1795-1859) that copied the relief and chiaroscuro of bas-relief objects onto engraved steel plates. Collas referred to these as 'numismatic engravings.'
'PL LIV. proccde de A. Collas.'

Dimensions

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 38.7 × 27cm (15 1/4 × 10 5/8 in.)

Inventory Number

A20140722000

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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