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Medal

1897 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This bronze medal depicts the bust of Queen Victoria to the left, draped and laureate, is struck by Frank Bowcher, England, in 1897. This was a national medal awarded for proficiency in science by the Department of Science and Art (this is also inscribed at medal).

Frank Bowcher was a British medallist and sculptor. He studied in London at the National Art Training School, under Edward Onslow Ford; and in Paris, where he was influenced by the work of Jules-Clément Chaplain and Oscar Roty. He was a founder-member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and until the 1930s exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Bronze struck from a die
Brief description
Medal, bronze, awarded for proficiency in science by the Department of Science and Art, by Frank Boucher, England, dated 1897
Physical description
Medal depicts on the obverse: bust of Queen Victoria to the left, crowned and laureate. With the inscription: VICTORIA BY THE GRACE OF GOD QVEEN & EMPRESS Reverse the inscription within a laurel wreath:
AWARDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART FOR PROFICIENCY IN SCIENCE.
Signed on the truncation F.B.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 3.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'VICTORIA BY THE GRACE OF GOD QVEEN & EMPRESS' (on the obverse)
  • 'AWARDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART FOR PROFICIENCY IN SCIENCE.' (on the reverse, within a laurel wreath)
  • 'F.B.' (signed on the truncation)
Object history
This was a national medal awarded for proficiency in science by the Department of Science and Art (this is also inscribed at medal).
Subjects depicted
Summary
This bronze medal depicts the bust of Queen Victoria to the left, draped and laureate, is struck by Frank Bowcher, England, in 1897. This was a national medal awarded for proficiency in science by the Department of Science and Art (this is also inscribed at medal).

Frank Bowcher was a British medallist and sculptor. He studied in London at the National Art Training School, under Edward Onslow Ford; and in Paris, where he was influenced by the work of Jules-Clément Chaplain and Oscar Roty. He was a founder-member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and until the 1930s exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy.
Bibliographic reference
List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in the Years 1905 - 1908. In: List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, During the Year 1906, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition with Appendix and Indices. London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, 1909, p. 1
Collection
Accession number
5-1906

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Record createdDecember 17, 2008
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