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medal
Object Type
medal
Museum number
1859,0801.1
Description
Bronze medal.
(whole)
Bust of Alexander Pope, right, in cloak trimmed with fur.
(obverse)
Producer name
Designed by:
Mathias Nicolas Marie Vivier
Production date
1744
Production place
Made in:
Paris (France)
Materials
bronze
Dimensions
Diameter:
41.000 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Medallic Illustrations 2, published in 1885, states: One of a series of medals of illustrious persons of all countries executed at Paris. (See Medallic Illustrations 1 p4.1.)
Bibliographic references
Medallic Illustrations 2 / Medallic illustrations of the history of Great Britain and Ireland to the death of George II
(p584.225)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
author/poet
Associated names
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Alexander Pope
Associated events
Commemoration of:
Death of Alexander Pope, 1744
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
George Eastwood
Acquisition date
1859
Department
Money and Medals
Registration number
1859,0801.1
C&M catalogue number
MB2 (Medallic Illustrations 2)
(584)
(225)