(MEDALLION) Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania

Sale 1954 - Lot 342

Price Realized: $ 690

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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

"REWARD OF SKILL AND INGENUITY" (MEDALLION)
Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania Medal awarded to Isaac A. Rehn. Beautifully minted silver medallion, 1 3/4 inches (4.5 cm.) in diameter, with Ben Franklin's embossed portrait on recto, and Rehn's name, and "Photographic Views of Microscopic World 1856" incised on verso; in the original gilt-decorated leather case. Philadelphia, 1856

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Isaac A. Rehn (1815-1883) was a spiritualist and a highly successful photographer-inventor. He was a partner of James Ambrose Cutting, the inventor of the ambrotype process in 1854, and received a share of the licensing fees. The Franklin Institute awarded to Rehn the highest premium for his ambrotypes. He later received a patent for solar printing on canvas, which came out of his experiments with heliography.