1989.4.45.a
John Paul Jones (Comitas Americana Series) (1747–1792)
Artist
Augustin Dupré
(1748 - 1833)
Title
John Paul Jones (Comitas Americana Series) (1747–1792)
Creation Date
1783-1899
Century
18th-19th century
Dimensions
2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Classification
Medals/Plaquettes
Creation Place
Europe, France
Medium and Support
bronze
Credit Line
Bequest of Amanda Marchesa Molinari
Copyright
Public Domain
Accession Number
1989.4.45.a
Remembered as the Father of the US Navy, John Paul Jones served as a Captain and Commodore of the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War. Part of the congressionally commissioned Comitas Americana series of medals commemorating significant victories of the Revolutionary War, this medal celebrates Jones’s signature victory over the HMS Serapis off the coast of Scotland in 1779. More significantly, this was the first naval medal ever authorized by Congress and the only naval representation in the Comitia Americana series. This specimen is a US Mint restrike of the medal, issued during the 1860s and identified by the erasure of French medalist Augustin Dupre’s signature on the bust.
Object Description
From: Benjamin Wu (graduating class of 2018)
Date: Friday, February 23, 2018 at 2:12 PM
To: Michelle Henning
Cc: "Laura J. Latman" , Anne Goodyear , Stephen Pastoriza
Subject: Re: Storage Visit notes and photographs
Info on accessioned medals (to fill in gaps in kiosk):
1989.4.20:
Title: Battle of Cowpens
Note: This is a 1976 replica issue that took the copy from the reverse of a 18th century medal (of the famous Comitas Americana series). I'm rather confused how to label this but will note the artist for the 18th century reverse design is by Benjamin Duvivier
https://www.si.edu/object/nmah_1112595
http://www.mountvernon.org/preservation/collections-holdings/browse-the-museum-collections/object/w-2825/#-
1989.4.45:
Title: John Paul Jones (Comitas Americana Series)
Artist: Augustin Dupre
Year: 1783 (Ours is a 19th century re-strike by the US Mint)
Dia: 57mm
Medium: Bronze
Exact same: https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/95797
1989.4.60:
Title: Battle of the Marne
Artist: Jules P. Legastelois
Date: 1914
Dia: 68mm
Medium: Bronze
Note: Kiosk has absolutely no info: http://artmuseum.bowdoin.edu/Obj13923?sid=27317&x=94842&sort=9
Citation:
https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/61619