Medal — Medal (Paris Exposition 1855), Jacques Wiener, France, 1855
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1855
Medal — Medal (Paris Exposition 1855), Jacques Wiener, France, 1855 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1855. The museum's brief description reads: Medal, Emperor Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie / the Palais de l'industrie, bronze, by Caqué and Wiener, French, 19th century, 1855..
Museum description: Obv. Heads to left of Emperor Napoleon III. and the empress Eugénie. Rev., the exterior of the Palais de l'Industrie. The museum record gives material recorded as bronze; measurements Diameter 68 mm; place associated: France; maker recorded: Jacques Wiener, Caqué, Armand August. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Historical context
This bronze medal was made in France for the Paris Exhibition of 1855. The obverse, depicting the heads of Emperor Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie, is by Armand Auguste Caqué and the reverse, showing the Palais de l'Industrie, is by Jacques Weiner.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter 68 mm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Bronze
- Maker recorded
- Jacques Wiener, Caqué, Armand August
- Place recorded
- France
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- "EUGÉNIE IMPÉRATRICE. NAPOLÉON III EMPEREUR. CAQUÉ. F. GRAVEUR DE S.M.L'EMPEREUR"; "PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE. PAVILLON DU NORD. JACQUES WIENER F. GERVAIS ET C ÉDIT"
Identification
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- A.90-1915
- Museum system number
- O187047
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the holding institution and a specialist reference.