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Object Type: medal
Museum number: M.5394
Description: Pewter medal. (whole); Draped bust of Spencer Perceval, bare head left. (obverse); Britannia weeping, standing on a tomb and holding a broken pillar. On the side of the tomb is the assassination scene and a ribbon inscribed. (reverse)
Producer name: Attributed to: W Turnpenny; Attributed to: Peter Kempson; Attributed to: Kempson & Son
Production date: 1812
Production place: Made in: British Isles
Materials: pewter
Dimensions: Diameter: 48.000 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Brown 1980 states: Spencer Perceval ( 1762-1812) statesman. Second son of the Earl of Egmont, rose from Solicitor-General to Attorney-General and thence, in 1807, to Chancellor of the Exchequer. He succeeded Portland as Premier in 1809 and was shot by a bankrupt Liverpool broker, John Bellingham, whilst entering the lobby of the House of Commons. Bellingham was hanged for the murder six days later. See also note to Brown 1 p176.724.
Bibliographic references: Brown 1980 / A catalogue of British historical medals 1760-1960, vol.I: the accession of George III to the death of William IV (p177.729)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: politician/statesman; allegory/personification; murder/murderer
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Right Hon Spencer Perceval; Named in inscription: John Bellingham; Representation of: Britannia
Associated events: Commemoration of: Assassination of Spencer Perceval, 1812
Acquisition name: From: Edward Hawkins
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: M.5394
C&M catalogue number: MB3 (Brown 1) (177) (729)

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