Medal cast

Cast of a commemorative medal, reverse only. Reverse: Two cherubs, one (left) holding a skull, the other (right) blowing a trumpet held in his right hand and holding a palm leaf in his left, seated on a tomb decorated with a wreath. Inscription (on tomb): 'VICE AMIRAL DE FRANCE M . 1688.'

Object Details

ID: SEC1149
Type: Medal cast
Display location: Not on display
Events: Death of Admiral Duquesne, 1688
Date made: 1688
People: Duquesne, Abraham
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection
Measurements: Overall: 4 mm x 28 mm
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