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On display at V&A South Kensington
Sculpture, Room 111, The Gilbert Bayes Gallery

Tower Bridge, London

Medal
1894 (made)
Artist/Maker
Bowcher, Frank (medallist)
Place of origin
England (made)

This medal, one of a series issued by the Corporation of the City of London, commemorates the opening of Tower Bridge by Prince Albert in June 1894.


Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Coins & Medals
Object type
Medal
TitleTower Bridge, London (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze, struck
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, by Frank Bowcher, England, 1894
Physical description
Medal, bronze. Obv.: Superimposed busts of the Princess of Wales, Queen Victoria, crowned, and the Prince of Wales. Rev.: TOWER BRIDGE OPENED 30th JUNE 1894 ON BEHALF OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA BY H.R.H THE PRINCE OF WALES. A perspective view of the Tower Bridge; above is the mark of the Bridge House Estates of the Corportion, and below in the exergue, the arms of the City of London. SIgned F. BOWCHER. FECIT.
Credit line
Given by The Bridge House Estates Committee of the Corporation of the City of London
Object history
Given by the Bridge House Estates Committe of the Corporation of the City of London.
Subjects depicted
Victoria (Queen of Great Britain and Empress of India)
Albert Edward (Prince of Wales)
Princess Alexandra
Place depicted
Tower Bridge
Summary
This medal, one of a series issued by the Corporation of the City of London, commemorates the opening of Tower Bridge by Prince Albert in June 1894.
Bibliographic references
  • List of Objects in the Art Division South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1896. Arranged according to the dates of acquisition, with appendix and indices. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Wyman and Sons. 1900. pp.19
  • Taylor, Jeremy. The Architectural Medal. England in the Nineteenth Century. London. 1978. pp. 178.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
123-1896

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Record createdMay 4, 2005
Record URL
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