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Louis Philippe I
Valentin Maurice Borrel (French, 1804–1882)
French
1842
Mint: France
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 52 mm (2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry H. Fay
Accession Number13.864
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Louis Philippe I (1773-1850), king of France.
Obverse: Profile bust of Louis Philippe looking to proper right, wearing laureate wreath; inscribed at edge "LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DES FRANCAIS" and under bust "BORREL 1840".
Reverse: Duke of Orleans on horseback looking to proper left with sword drawn in his right hand; inscribed at proper right "BORREL DAPRES", proper left "MAROCHETTI", at edge "L'ARMÉE AU DUC D'ORLEANS PRINCE ROYAL", and in exergue "M.DCCC.XLII".
Obverse: Profile bust of Louis Philippe looking to proper right, wearing laureate wreath; inscribed at edge "LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DES FRANCAIS" and under bust "BORREL 1840".
Reverse: Duke of Orleans on horseback looking to proper left with sword drawn in his right hand; inscribed at proper right "BORREL DAPRES", proper left "MAROCHETTI", at edge "L'ARMÉE AU DUC D'ORLEANS PRINCE ROYAL", and in exergue "M.DCCC.XLII".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DES FRANCAIS" and under bust "BORREL 1840".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "L'ARMÉE AU DUC D'ORLEANS PRINCE ROYAL", at proper right "BORREL DAPRES", proper left "MAROCHETTI", and in exergue "M.DCCC.XLII".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "L'ARMÉE AU DUC D'ORLEANS PRINCE ROYAL", at proper right "BORREL DAPRES", proper left "MAROCHETTI", and in exergue "M.DCCC.XLII".
ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; 1913, gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)