Bernard De Jussieu Medal
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Title
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Bernard De Jussieu Medal
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Description
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Bronze. France 1859. Signed. A tribute of Adrien’s children to the Jussieu family.
Obverse: Three overlapping busts to left within a beaded circle; in a curve, along edge from lower left, widely spaced, BERNARD • ANTOINE - LAURENT • ADRIEN; below the most right truncation, E ∙ A ∙ OUDINE ∙ F; in exergue, in a curve, 29 ∙ JUIN ∙ 1853.
Reverse: In a field, at top, ∙ AUX ∙ BOTANISTES ∙ / ∙ DE ∙ LA ∙ FAMILLE ∙ DE ∙ JUSSIEU ∙; below separation mark, at left, ANTOINE /1686 ∙ 1758 ∙ / BERNARD / 1699 ∙ 1777 ∙, and at right, JOSEPH / 1704 ∙ 1779 ∙ / ANTOINE-LAURENT / 1748 ∙ 1836 ∙, and centered below, ADRIEN / 1797∙1853 ∙; at bottom, onother separation mark, and below, ∙ HOMMAGE ∙ DES ∙ ENFANTS ∙ / ∙ D'ADRIEN ∙ DE ∙ JUSSIEU ∙ all in ten parallel lines.
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Coverage
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France
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Creator
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Eugène André Oudine
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Date
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1859
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Extent
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59 mm
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Medium
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Bronze
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Language
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French
