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Medal - Exhibitors medal for 1851 Exhibition
  • Exhibitors medal for 1851 Exhibition
    William Wyon, born 1795 - died 1851
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Exhibitors medal for 1851 Exhibition

  • Object:

    Medal

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (made)

  • Date:

    dated 1851 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    William Wyon, born 1795 - died 1851 (medallist)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Struck bronze

  • Credit Line:

    Given by the Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851

  • Museum number:

    6034-1852

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This is a bronze medal by medallist William Edward Wyon and was intended for distribution to the exhibitors of the Great Exhibition of 1851.

The obverse depicts the bust of Prince Consort and on the reverse is the globe and an inscription.

Physical description

Bronze medal of the Exhibition of 1851, obv. bust of The Prince Consort, by William Wyon, dated 1851, on the reverse the globe and an inscription

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

dated 1851 (made)

Artist/maker

William Wyon, born 1795 - died 1851 (medallist)

Materials and Techniques

Struck bronze

Dimensions

Diameter: 45 mm

Object history note

Historical significance: This is a medal for distribution to the exhibitors of the Exhibition

Descriptive line

Bronze medal of the Exhibition of 1851, obv. bust of The Prince Consort, by William Wyon, dated 1851

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1852. In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 26.

Materials

Bronze

Subjects depicted

Albert Francis Augustus Charles Emmanuel (Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria of Great Britain,); Globes (cartographic spheres)

Categories

Portraits; Royalty; Sculpture; Coins & Medals; Great Exhibition

Collection code

SCP

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