medal
- Museum number
- M.8287
- Description
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Silver medal. (whole)
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An obelisk, surmounted by a Pelican feeding her young, entwined by laurel, and inscribed. On one side is a burning lamp; on the other, a setting sun with human face, inscribed. (reverse)
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Matthew Tindall, with the Bible in his hand, tramples upon the apocalyptical beast: above, the meridian sun with human face. (obverse)
- Production date
- 1733
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 49.000 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Medallic Illustrations 2, published in 1885, states:
Very rare.
Matthew Tindall was born in 1657. He was educated at Oxford, and in 1685 became a Doctor of Laws. After a brief lapse into Romanism during the reign of James II, he reverted to Protestantism, or rather, as events showed, to Rationalism. In 1706 he published "The Rights of the Christian Church asserted against the Romish and all other Priests," &c, which is alluded to on the obverse of this medal. In 1730, when he was about seventy-three years of age, he published his "Christianity as old as the Creation," the object of which was to set aside all revelation. This powerful effort of his declining years is alluded to in the brilliancy of the setting sun. It procured him the title of "Tindall the Deist." He died 16 August, 1733.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Death of Matthew Tindall, 1733
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- M.8287
- C&M catalogue number
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MB2 (Medallic Illustrations 2) (503) (50)
