Institute of British Architects Prize Medal
Medal
1836 (made)
1836 (made)
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This medal produced in silver and gold commemorates the inauguration of the I.B.A. (1834), and was first presented in 1836. The design for the obverse was drawn up by the architect Professor Thomas Leverton Donaldson, secretary to the I.B.A. at the time and champion of the architectural medal both Classical and contemporary. The execution is however very definitely that of Benjamin Wyon.
Wyon is the name of a talented family of designers, die-engravers and medallists whose period of activity extended from before the middle of the 18th century to almost the end of the 19th century.
Wyon is the name of a talented family of designers, die-engravers and medallists whose period of activity extended from before the middle of the 18th century to almost the end of the 19th century.
Object details
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| Title | Institute of British Architects Prize Medal (generic title) |
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| Brief description | Medal, silver, Institute of British Architects Prize, English, by Benjamin Wyon, 1836 |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Lois Garden. |
| Object history | Awarded to Robert W. Carden (Donor's Father-in-law) and bequeathed to her by him. Given to the museum by Mrs Lois Carden, 15 Kingston Park, Lymington, Hants, in 1993. |
| Summary | This medal produced in silver and gold commemorates the inauguration of the I.B.A. (1834), and was first presented in 1836. The design for the obverse was drawn up by the architect Professor Thomas Leverton Donaldson, secretary to the I.B.A. at the time and champion of the architectural medal both Classical and contemporary. The execution is however very definitely that of Benjamin Wyon. Wyon is the name of a talented family of designers, die-engravers and medallists whose period of activity extended from before the middle of the 18th century to almost the end of the 19th century. |
| Bibliographic reference | Taylor, Jeremy, The Architectural Medal. England in the Nineteenth Century, London, 1978, p. 54, no. 24a |
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| Accession number | A.10-1993 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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