medal

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Object Type
Museum number: M.8768
Description: Alloy medal. (whole); Bust of man facing right; surrounding inscription.; Two female figures; on left figure stands with right arm raised holding a baton, robes flowing behind; on right figure sits holding scroll in left hand and quill pen in right; wreath in exergue.
Producer name: Made by: William Wyon (The portrait is after Francis Chantrey); Issuer: Edward Thomason; Designed by: Stothard (The reverse is by Stothard, whose preliminary drawings for this medal are in the Royal Academy. He began with standing iterations of the learned arts which evolved into the seated figure of History with Fiction and three cherubs. The medal omits the cherubs. Stothard's ink and wash design is in the Prints and Drawing department of the British Museum.)
Production date: 1824
Production place: Made in: British Isles
Materials
Dimensions: Diameter: 54.000 millimetres
$Inscriptions
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 (1238; p.302); Carlisle 1837 / A memoir of the life and works of William Wyon Esq, ARA, Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint (p.149-150)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: M.8768

Free entry