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Medal commemorating Dr Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (1732-1807)

Medal depicting Dr Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (1732-1807) which commemorates the refounding by him of the Literary Society of Bourg-en-Bresse in 1783. Laland was born in this town. Obverse: Lelande facing left. Legend: ‘JOS . HIER . LE FRANÇOIS DE LA LANDE, N. BURGI 1732. Signed: ‘GATTEAUX’. Reverse: Inscription: ‘ASTRONOMO ET CIVI SOCIETAS LITTERARIA BURGENSIS 1783’ [astronomer and citizen, Literary Society of Bourg]. In fitted box of issue.
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Object Details

ID: ZBA4666
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Gatteaux, Nicholas Marie
Date made: 1775; 1783
People: Lalande, Jérôme Lefrançois de; Maskelyne, Nevil
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 42 mm x 31.5 g
Parts: Medal commemorating Dr Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (1732-1807)