Medal commemorating Franz Joseph Gall
- artist:
- Abraham Abramson
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Medal commemorating Franz Joseph Gall
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Silver medal, commemorating Dr. Franz Joseph Gall, founder of phrenology, Abraham Abramson, artist, German, 1805. Obverse legend: IOSEPHO GALL ORGAN· IN CEREBRO SCRVTATORI. Reverse legend: DISTRIBVIT PARTES ANIMAE SEDESQVE. Reverse exergue: AVDITOR·BEROLINENS·/MDCCCV. Obverse depicts bust of Gall looking reght. Reverse depicts skull (lacking mandible) looking right with a sinuous branch entwined.
Details
- Category:
- Wellcome Medals
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A671189
- Materials:
- silver
- Measurements:
-
overall: 3 mm, 39 mm,
- type:
- medal, personal
