medal
- Museum number
- BNK,EngM.331
- Description
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Bronze medal. (whole)
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Draped bust of Benjamin West, bare head left. (obverse)
- Production date
- 1815
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 41.000 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Brown 1980 states:
The Revd Charles Burney (1757-1817), referred to here was the Greek scholar and classical critic, the son of Dr Charles Burney the music historian. See also note to Brown 1 p205.862.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Benjamin West: his tribute to the Reverend Charles Burney
- Acquisition date
- 1877
- Acquisition notes
- The Bank of England loaned their Collection to the British Museum in 1865 wishing to make it accessible to the general public. This remained as a separate Collection until 1877 when the Bank Directors decided it would be more useful to the museum and the public if incorporated into the national collection. The Bank of England collection was therefore presented to the British Museum in 1877, any duplicates being sold to create a coins and medals purchase fund.
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- BNK,EngM.331
- C&M catalogue number
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MB3 (Brown 1) (205) (863)
