Pierre-Joseph Tiolier
1763 - 1819
Pierre-Joseph Tiolier was a French engraver who was appointed the 15th Engraver-General of France.
Tiolier was appointed controller of coins at the Paris Mint on 24 Frimaire year IV (14 December 1795).
He was named Engraver-General of France by Napoleon, the First Consul, on 11 Germinal year XI (1 April 1803).
In 1816 he resigned his position in favor of his son, Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier (1784-1853).
In 1817 he was commissioned by the scientist James Smithson to make a bust medallion, which showed Smithson in profile.
Pierre-Joseph Tiolier died in 1819.
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