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
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