A Guide to the Exhibition of English MedalsBritish Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
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A Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals
British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
Medals -- Great Britain
Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, b. 1770, became Lord
Hawkesbury 1796, appointed Foreign Secretary in the Addington Ministry
1801, Home Secretary 1804 and again in 1807, Earl of Liverpool 1808,
Prime Minister 1812—1827; d. 1828. Like the previous medal, this one
refers to the Addington administration.
563. William Wilberforce, 1807. _Obv._ Head r. WILLIAM
WILBERFORCE M.P. THE FRIEND OF AFRICA. _Webb._ _Rev._ Britannia
seated l., accompanied by Minerva and Justice, delivering
message to Peace; above, angel in clouds with cross and
wreath. I HAVE HEARD THEIR CRY; in ex., SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED.
MDCCCVII. Silver. Size 2·1. By Webb.
William Wilberforce, philanthropist, b. 1759, M.P. for Hull 1780 and
York county 1783, procured a bill for the abolition of the trade in
slaves by British subjects 25 March, 1807, and survived the second
reading of the Emancipation Act 1833; d. same year. This medal
commemorates the Act of 1807.
564. Lord Brougham and Vaux, 1812. _Obv._ Head r. HENRY
BROUGHAM ESQ^{RE}, M.P. MDCCCXII. HALLIDAY F. _Rev._
Panegyrical inscription. Copper. Size 1·9. By Halliday.
Henry Lord Brougham and Vaux, statesman and orator, b. 1779; M.P. for
Camelford 1810, for Winchelsea 1816; appointed Attorney-General to
Queen Caroline, 1820; M.P. for York county, 1830; Lord Chancellor,
1830—1834; d. 1868.
565. Adam Smith, 1787. _Obv._ Head r. ADAM SMITH. 1787. _Rev._
Minerva l., holding cornucopiae and spear. Silver. Size 1·6.
Cast and chased.
Adam Smith, political economist, b. 1723, d. 1787, author of "Inquiry
into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations," "Theory of Moral
Sentiments," &c.
566. George Washington, First President of the United States,
1805. _Obv._ Bust r., in armour and ermine cloak. GENERAL
WASHINGTON. INSCRIBED TO HIS MEMORY BY D. ECCLESTON. LANCASTER.
MDCCCV; on arm, WEBB. _Rev._ American Indian l., with bow and
spear. THE LAND WAS OURS; around, panegyrical inscription in
three circles. Copper. Size 3. By Webb.
George Washington, Founder and First President of the United States, b.
1732, Commander-in-chief of the Continental army 1775, President 1789,
re-elected 1793, d. 1799.
567. Benjamin Franklin, 1786. _Obv._ Bust l. BENJ. FRANKLIN
NATUS BOSTON XVII. JAN. MDCCVI: on arm, DUPRÉ F. _Rev._ Within
oak-wreath, ERIPUIT CŒLO FULMEN SCEPTRUM QUE TYRANNIS. SCULPSIT
ET DICAVIT AUG. DUPRE ANNO MDCCLXXXVI. Copper. Size 1·8. By A.
Dupré.
Benjamin Franklin, American statesman, philosopher, &c., b. 1706, was
at first a compositor and printer, appointed postmaster of Philadelphia
1737, agent for England 1757 and again in 1764, signed at Paris the
treaty between England and America 1783, President of the Supreme
Council 1785, d. 1790.
MILITARY AND NAVAL MEDALS.
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