Display Status
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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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