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Medals & Decorations

The Ashmolean Museum has a very good collection of British historical medals, dating from the Tudor period to the present day, with particularly high concentrations for the 18th and 19th centuries. Its continental and world holdings are very diverse, with some particularly significant medals of the Italian Renaissance; Germany and the Low Countries in the Renaissance and Baroque age; the papacy; etc. The decorations are mostly British and date from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.

British memorial medal (HCR95593)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Allen & Moore

Dating

1847

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKSPERE / A. & M., draped bust of William Shakespeare, bare head left

Reverse

ALLEN & MOORE 1847 / THE HOUSE IN WHICH / "THE IMMORTAL BARD" / WAS BORN, AT STRATFORD / -UPON-AVON, 1564, view of Shakespeare's house and birthplace

British memorial medal (HCR95594)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Allen & Moore

Dating

1847

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKSPERE / A. & M., draped bust of William Shakespeare, bare head left

Reverse

ALLEN & MOORE 1847 / THE HOUSE IN WHICH / "THE IMMORTAL BARD" / WAS BORN, AT STRATFORD / -UPON-AVON, 1564, view of Shakespeare's house and birthplace

British memorial medal (HCR95595)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Allen & Moore

Dating

1847

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKSPERE / A. & M., draped bust of William Shakespeare, bare head left

Reverse

ALLEN & MOORE 1847 / THE HOUSE IN WHICH / "THE IMMORTAL BARD" / WAS BORN, AT STRATFORD / -UPON-AVON, 1564, view of Shakespeare's house and birthplace

British memorial medal - Shakespeare memorial (HCR95841)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, J. Davis

Dating

1847

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPERE / DAVIS / BORN 23 APRIL 1564. DIED 23 APRIL 1616 /, draped bust of William Shakespeare, bare head left

Reverse

THE HOUSE IN WHICH SHAKESPERE WAS BORN / STRATFORD-UPON-AVON / PURCHASED BY THE FATHER OF THE POET / IN 1564 (WITH EXTENSIVE GROUNDS) FOR L.40 / BECAME NATIONAL PROPERTY FOR L3000. RAISED BY SUBSCRIP—/TION.SEP.16.1847., view of Shakespeare's house and birthplace; inscription in exergue

British memorial medal (HCR95845)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Allen & Moore

Dating

1847

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKSPERE / A. & M., draped bust of William Shakespeare, bare head left

Reverse

ALLEN & MOORE 1847 / THE HOUSE IN WHICH / "THE IMMORTAL BARD" / WAS BORN, AT STRATFORD / -UPON-AVON, 1564, view of Shakespeare's house and birthplace

British memorial medal (HCR102418)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Allen & Moore

Dating

1847

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKSPERE / A. & M., draped bust of William Shakespeare, bare head left

Reverse

ALLEN & MOORE 1847 / THE HOUSE IN WHICH / "THE IMMORTAL BARD" / WAS BORN, AT STRATFORD / -UPON-AVON. 1564, view of Shakespeare's house and birthplace

British memorial medal (HCR102423)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Allen & Moore

Dating

1847

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKSPERE / A. & M., draped bust of William Shakespeare, bare head left

Reverse

ALLEN & MOORE 1847 / THE HOUSE IN WHICH / "THE IMMORTAL BARD" / WAS BORN, AT STRATFORD / -UPON-AVON, 1564, view of Shakespeare's house and birthplace

British memorial medal - Shakespeare memorial (HCR102434)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, J. Davis

Dating

1847

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPERE / DAVIS / BORN 23 APRIL 1564. DIED 23 APRIL 1616 /, draped bust of William Shakespeare, bare head left

Reverse

British educational award medal - City of London School Beaufoy Medal (HCR92647)

Period

Modern

Person

Benjamin Wyon, William Shakespeare

Dating

1851

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BORN APRIL 23. 1564 DIED APRIL 23. 1616 / BENJ WYON SC., Bust of William Shakespeare, draped, left, with pointed beard, after the Stratford memorial bust

Reverse

CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL / SHAKESPEARIAN PRIZE / FOUNDED 1851 / BY HENRY B.H. BEAUFOY F.R.S. BORN APRIL 23. 1785 / B. WYON SC, A group of Shakespearian characters - Prospero and Ariel, Cardinal Wolsey, Lady Macbeth, Falstaff, Poins and Henry V; inscription in exergue

British educational award medal - City of London School Beaufoy Medal 1851 (HCR92654)

Period

Modern

Person

Benjamin Wyon, William Shakespeare

Dating

1851

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BORN APRIL 23. 1564 DIED APRIL 23. 1616 / BENJ WYON SC., Bust of William Shakespeare, draped, left, with pointed beard, after the Stratford memorial bust

Reverse

British educational award medal - City of London School Beaufoy Medal (HCR92655)

Period

Modern

Person

Benjamin Wyon, William Shakespeare

Dating

1864?

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BORN APRIL 23. 1564 DIED APRIL 23. 1616 / BENJ WYON SC., Bust of William Shakespeare, draped, left, with pointed beard, after the Stratford memorial bust

Reverse

Trial strike for a British educational award medal (the City of London School Beaufoy Medal 1851) (HCR95790)

Period

Modern

Person

Benjamin Wyon

Dating

1851-1864

Obverse

CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL / SHAKESPEARIAN PRIZE / FOUNDED 1851 / BY HENRY B.H. BEAUFOY F.R.S. BORN APRIL 23. 1785, A group of Shakespearian characters - Prospero and Ariel, Cardinal Wolsey, Lady Macbeth, Falstaff, Poins and Henry V; inscription in exergue

British educational award medal - City of London School Beaufoy Medal (HCR102393)

Period

Modern

Person

Benjamin Wyon, William Shakespeare

Dating

1862

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BORN APRIL 23. 1564 DIED APRIL 23. 1616 / BENJ WYON SC., Bust of William Shakespeare, draped, left, with pointed beard, after the Stratford memorial bust

Reverse

British educational award medal - City of London School Beaufoy Medal (HCR92648)

Period

Modern

Person

Benjamin Wyon, William Shakespeare

Dating

1853-1885

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BORN APRIL 23. 1564 DIED APRIL 23. 1616 / BENJ WYON SC., Bust of William Shakespeare, draped, left, with pointed beard, after the Stratford memorial bust

Reverse

Modern memorial plaque (HCR95043)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, J.-J. Barre

Dating

c. 1864 (TPQ 1855, TAQ 1875)

Obverse

SHAKESPEARE, bust of William Shakespeare, bare head left, with a heavy beard

Modern memorial plaque (HCR95044)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, J.-J. Barre

Dating

c. 1864 (TPQ 1855, TAQ 1875)

Obverse

SHAKESPEARE, bust of William Shakespeare, bare head left, with a heavy beard

British commemorative medal - foundation of the Royal Dramatic College (Surrey) (HCR95843)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, W. J. Taylor

Dating

1858

Obverse

"ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE,& ALL THE MEN & WOMEN MERELY PLAYERS / LONDON / ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE / FOUNDED A.D. 1858, draped bust of William Shakespeare, bare head facing, within the centre arch of a Gothic portico, woman and child standing to left, seated man to right; royal arms in exergue

Reverse

W J T / METROPOLITAN THEATRES / COVENT GARDEN / HER MAJESTY'S / DRURY LANE / HAY MARKET / ADELPHI / PRINCES'S / LYCEUM / OLYMPIC / Sᵀ JAMES'S / STRAND / SADLER'S WELLS / HOLBORN / MARYLEBONE / PRINCE OF WALES'S / ROYALTY / STANDARD / CITY OF LONDON / BRITANNIA / ASTLEY'S / HOLBORN AMPHITHEATRE / SURREY / VICTORIA / GARRICK / PAVILION, draped bust of William Shakespeare, bare head left, within centre circle; around, names of theatres radiating

British commemorative medal - foundation of the Royal Dramatic College (Surrey) (HCR95844)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, W. J. Taylor

Dating

1858

Obverse

Reverse

Modern memorial plaque (HCR95048)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, J.-J. Barre

Dating

c. 1864

Obverse

SHAKESPEARE, bust of William Shakespeare, bare head left, with a heavy beard

British commemorative medal - tercentenary of the birth of William Shakespeare (HCR95053)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, F. Capner

Dating

c. 1864

Obverse

SHAKSPERE'S BIRTHPLACE / STRATFORD UPON AVON / CAPNER F. BIRM., view of Shakespeare's house and birthplace; inscription in exergue; surrounded by band of seashell motifs