medal
- Museum number
- G3,IP.1011
- Description
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Silver medal. (whole)
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Bust of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, right, hair long, in falling lace collar, doublet buttoned, and mantle over shoulders; two hands strangling him with his cravat. (obverse)
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The Pope's head and the Devil's joined in one face. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1678
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 37.000 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Medallic Illustrations 1, published in 1885, states:
Not rare.
This medal by George Bower is of rather smaller dimensions than the others on this subject (see Medallic Illustrations 1, p573.245 – p579.251), the relief higher, and the work coarser. The design of the reverse is copied from medals which were very common at the time of the Reformation, and of which the object was the same, to satirize and ridicule the followers of the Pope. The Popish Plot and the death of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey contributed to excite determined hostility to the Papal power and influence.
See Pinkerton, J., ‘The Medallic History of England to the Revolution’, London, 1790 (fol.), xxxv. 3.
see Medallic Illustrations 1, p573.245 for more information about Sir Edmundbury Godfrey's death.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Murder of Godfery
- Acquisition date
- 1825
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- G3,IP.1011
- C&M catalogue number
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MB1 (Medallic Illustrations 1) (578) (250)
