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Object Type
Museum number: BNK,EngM.332
Description: Pewter medal. (whole); Napoleon seated in thoughtful attitude being urged to record his deeds by History kneeling before him; Fame flies above. (reverse); Uniformed bust of Napoleon, right. (obverse)
Producer name: Designed by: Thomas Webb; Designed by: George Mills; Designed by: James Mudie
Production date: 1815
Production place: Made in: British Isles
Materials
Dimensions: Diameter: 40.000 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Brown 1980 states: One of Mudie's National Medals (see Brown 1 p256.1057) issued in 1820. Examples of this medal are believed to have been struck in gold but no specimen has been met with. See also note to Brown 1 p214.884. Bibliography: Mudie, James. 'An historical and critical account of a grand series of National Medals', London, 1820, 38.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Napoléon I, Emperor of the French; Representation of: History; Representation of: Fame
Associated places: Named in inscription: St Helena (island)
Associated events: Commemoration of: Napoleon at the Island of St Helena, 1815
Acquisition name
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.332
C&M catalogue number: MB3 (Brown 1) (216) (891)

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