Medal commemorating Baron Francois Pierre Charles Dupin (1784-1873)
Medal commemorating Baron Francois Pierre Charles Dupin (1784-1873). Obverse: Head of Baron Dupin (left). Legend: 'BARON CHARLES DUPIN DE L'ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES.' Reverse: Inscription in twelve lines within an oak wreath, giving a list of his appointments. He was Minister of Marine in 1834. Inscription: 'NÉ A VARZY 1784. DE L'ACADE. DES SCES. 1818. DÉPUTÉ DU TARN 1827. DE LA SEINE 1830. ACADE. DES SCS. MORS. ET POLITS. 1832. MINSTE. DE LA MARINE 1834. PAIR 1837. INSPR. GL. DU GÉNIE MARITIME ET GD. OR. DE LA LÉGN D'HONNR. 1840. REPRT. DE LA SEINE INFR. 1848. PRÉST. DU JURY FRANÇAIS LONDRES 1851. SÉNATEUR 1852.'
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Object Details
ID: | MEC0798 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | Medal |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Bovy, Jean-François-Antoine |
Date made: | 1852 |
People: | Dupin, Baron Francois Pierre Charles; Dupin, Baron Francois Pierre Charles |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 50 mm |