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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
British Galleries, Room 118; The Wolfson Gallery

Medal

ca. 1805 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Object Type
This medal was made to celebrate Admiral Lord Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October, 1805.

People
Conrad Heinrich Kchler (active 1763 - after 1821), the medal's designer, was born in Flanders and was first recorded as a die-sinker in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1763. He worked elsewhere in Germany and then in France. Kuchler probably arrived in England in about 1790, where he was employed at Matthew Boulton's Soho mint in Birmingham until perhaps 1806. While in Birmingham, he seems also to have cut dies for many coins, including Portuguese, Danish and Russian ones.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Brief description
Medal depicting a bust of Lord Nelson, celebrating the Battle of Trafalgar
Dimensions
  • Height: 0.2cm
  • Diameter: 4.8cm
Dimensions checked: Measured; 05/01/2000 by KN
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with the initials of Küchler and with inscriptions commemorating the battle and recording its presentation by Boulton
Credit line
Given by the late Jas. W. Fleming
Object history
Manufactured by Matthew Boulton (born in Birmingham,1728, died there in 1809) at the Soho Mint, Birmingham; designed by Conrad Heinrich Küchler
Production
Manufactured by Matthew Boulton at the Soho Mint, Birmingham
Subjects depicted
Summary
Object Type
This medal was made to celebrate Admiral Lord Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October, 1805.

People
Conrad Heinrich Kchler (active 1763 - after 1821), the medal's designer, was born in Flanders and was first recorded as a die-sinker in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1763. He worked elsewhere in Germany and then in France. Kuchler probably arrived in England in about 1790, where he was employed at Matthew Boulton's Soho mint in Birmingham until perhaps 1806. While in Birmingham, he seems also to have cut dies for many coins, including Portuguese, Danish and Russian ones.
Bibliographic reference
List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington, Acquired During the Year 1877, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O. p. 143.
Collection
Accession number
1672-1877

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Record createdMarch 27, 2003
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