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Medal
Matthew Boulton, born 1728 - died 1809 - Enlarge image
Medal
- Place of origin:
Birmingham, England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1805 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Matthew Boulton, born 1728 - died 1809 (manufacturer)
Küchler, Conrad Heinrich, born 1735 - died 1810 (designer) - Materials and Techniques:
Bronze
- Credit Line:
Given by the late Jas. W. Fleming
- Museum number:
1672-1877
- Gallery location:
British Galleries, room 118e, case 2
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 Kchler (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.
