Category: History - British

A Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals

LONGMANS & CO., Paternoster Row; B. QUARITCH, 15, Piccadilly; A. ASHER & CO., 13, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, and at Berlin; KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., 57 and 59, Ludgate Hill; C. ROLLIN & FEUARDENT, 19, Bloomsbury Street, & 4, Place Louvois, Paris.

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2. Part 2

Before proceeding to give some account of the medallists[1] themselves, it may be useful to state shortly in what manner they accomplished their work. This was done in four diff...

1. Part 1

LONGMANS & CO., Paternoster Row; B. QUARITCH, 15, Piccadilly; A. ASHER & CO., 13, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, and at Berlin; KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., 57 and 59, Lud...

14. Part 14

On 23 June, 1795, a portion of the Channel fleet under Admiral Hood attacked a part of the Brest fleet under Vice-Admiral Villaret, off Port d'Orient. The enemy was obliged to s...

8. Part 8

The Prince is here likened to Ericthonius. As the Queen was by certain persons held to be incapable of bearing a child, they considered the Prince not to be of royal blood but a...

15. Part 15

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. LANC...

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80. Charles, Prince of Wales, 1638. _Obv._ Bust of King l., crowned, &c. CAROLVS I. D. G. ANGL. &c. B. _Rev._ Prince Charles on horseback r., &c., behind, plumes with motto. ILL...

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190. Charles II. and William III. of Orange, 1660? _Obv._ Bust of King, three quarters r., hair long, in armour, &c., and wearing George. CAROLVS II. D. G. MAGNÆ BRIT. &c. _Rev....

13. Part 13

By the battle of Culloden, 16 Apr. 1746, in which the Scots, under Prince Charles Edward and Lord G. Murray, were defeated by the Duke of Cumberland, the cause of the Jacobites...

5. Part 5

128—129. Another. _Obv._ Bust of King r., wearing deep lace collar, doublet, &c. CAROLVS D.G. MAG. BRI. FR. ET HIB. RX; engraved. _Rev._ Bust of Queen l., wearing coronet, low b...

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456. Victory of Oudenarde and capture of Lille, 1708. _Obv._ Bird's-eye view of battle-field of Oudenarde. IN GALLOS VARIAS DABIT ADENARDA CORONAS (chronogrammatic); in ex., FVG...

3. Part 3

26. Another. _Obv._ Naval engagement, destruction of Spanish fleet. FLAVIT ET DISSIPATI SVNT. 1588; above, Jehovah, in Hebrew. _Rev._ Church on rock amid stormy waves; beneath,...

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375. Another. _Obv._ Busts jugate r., laur., of King, in armour and cloak, and Queen draped. GULI. ET MARIA D. G. M. BRIT. FR. &c. _D. Trapentier f._ _Rev._ Lion l., trampling o...

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334. Another. _Obv._ Heads jugate r. of King and Queen, laur. GULIELM. R. MARIA REGINA F. D. P. A. I. S. _Rev._ Papal emblems destroyed by lightning. HÆC SUMMA DIES; in ex., INA...

11. Part 11

Marshal Schomberg, who commanded for William in Ireland, was killed at the battle of the Boyne, 11 July, 1690. (See No. 357.) Schomberg is here represented as Hercules, who at t...

7. Part 7

Peace between England and Holland was concluded in London in 1674. The obverse alludes to the appointment at a very early age of William as Commander-in-Chief of the army of the...

16. Part 16

The second war with Tippoo Sahib, which was terminated by the taking of Seringapatam, lasted only from Feb. to May 1799, Lord Harris and General Baird commanding. The Tiger was...

17. Part 17

Anne, Queen; marriage, 243; accession, 418—420; coronation, 422; capitulation of towns on the Meuse, 423; expedition to Vigo Bay, 425; capitulation of Bonn, 426; capture of Gibr...

18. Part 18

Coronation medals: Edward VI., 14; Anne of Denmark, 40; Frederick and Elizabeth of Bohemia, 51; Charles I., 68; and in Scotland, 74—78; Charles II. at Scone, 181; and in London,...

19. Part 19

Wellington, Arthur, Duke of; battle of Talavera, 545; lines of Torres Vedras, 546; battle of Salamanca and entry into Madrid, 547; victories up to Salamanca and entry into Madri...