File:James Smithson Medallion Front View.jpg

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Pierre-Joseph Tiolier  (1763–1819)  wikidata:Q2093071
 
Description French engraver
Date of birth/death 17 March 1763 Edit this at Wikidata 27 June 1819 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Edit this at Wikidata Paris
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artist QS:P170,Q2093071
Author
Ruel Pardeen Tolman
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English: 1910, Unknown, c. 1910

Photograph of medallion in RU95 B21 F1A, negatives 33395 or SA-766. The medallion was originally attributed to the Italian artist Antonio Canova, but the "T" mark on the medallion identifies it as created by Pierre Joseph Tiolier

The front view of a plaster medallion painted gold with image of James Smithson (1765-1829) prepared for the Smithsonian Institution by Smithsonian art curator, Ruel P. Tolman, based on a neo-classical bust medallion of Smithson in bas relief attributed to the Engraver General of France, Pierre Joseph Tiolier (1763-1819), which was found among Smithson's personal effects after his death
Date 8 May 2012
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http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_7134

http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_10054

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