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1966.137.173.a

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Louis Phillipe I (1773–1850), King of France 1830–1848

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Artist

Antoine Bovy (Jean Francois Antoine Bovy) (Geneva, December 14, 1795 - 1877, Switzerland)

Title

Louis Phillipe I (1773–1850), King of France 1830–1848

Creation Date

1842

Century

mid-19th century

Dimensions

4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, Switzerland

Medium and Support

copper

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.137.173.a

Object Description

310 LOUIS PHILIPPE I ( 1773-1850), King of France (1830-48) 1842

Obv. Head to left, laureate. Around, LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DES FRANCAIS • ; below, A . BOVY .
Rev. Flying Mercury and Mars flank a female figure, nude to the waist and seated on a throne, who holds tablets inscribed CHEMINS | DE | FER in her left hand and points to Mercury with her right; in distance, four trains. Inscribed on throne, LOI DU XI JUIN | M . D . CCC . XLII . | . LOUIS PHILIPPE . | REGNANT; around, DANT IGNOTAS MARTI NOVASQUE MERCURIO ALAS . ; in exergue, M[superscript R] TESTE MINISTRE DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS . | M[superscript R] LEGRAND SOUS-SECRETAIRE D'ETAT . | A . BOVY FECIT . ; stamped on rim, CUIVRE
Copper, struck, 113 mm.

Commemorates promulgation of railway laws in France. This is one of the largest medals ever struck, and won for its engraver, in 1843, the Legion of Honor.

Bibl.: Forrer i, p. 246; Jean Babelon, "Les Medailles a L'Exposition Romantique de la Bibliotheque Nationale," Arethuse, fasc. 27 (1930), p. 68, pl. 11, no. 4; Auguste Moyaux, Les Chemins de Fer Autrefois et Aujourd'hui et Leurs Medailles Commemoratives, Brussels 1905, no. 121.