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

Obverse

Inscription:

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BORN APRIL 23. 1564 DIED APRIL 23. 1616 / BENJ WYON SC.

Design:

Bust of William Shakespeare, draped, left, with pointed beard, after the Stratford memorial bust

Reverse

Inscription:

CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL / SHAKESPEARIAN PRIZE / FOUNDED 1851 / BY HENRY B.H. BEAUFOY F.R.S. BORN APRIL 23. 1785 / B. WYON SC

Design:

A group of Shakespearian characters - Prospero and Ariel, Cardinal Wolsey, Lady Macbeth, Falstaff, Poins and Henry V; inscription in exergue

Information

Person

Benjamin Wyon (engraver) , William Shakespeare (subject)

Technique

struck

Dating

1853-1885

Note

Only rarely awarded in silver, said (in MI and elsewhere) to be only four times between 1853 and 1885. One specimen in silver exists at the City of London School, seen by the author.

Period

Modern

Kind

medal

Metal

silver

Reign

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

215.69

Diameter (mm)

76.8

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

85G

Acquisition date

6/2019

Source

J. Eric Engstrom

Acquisition credit

Presented by J. Eric Engstrom, 2019.

Acquisition note

J. Eric Engstrom Shakespeare Medal Collection

Source of portrait

Stratford memorial bust

Country of origin

Great Britain

Reference

Hawkins, Edward - 1885 - Medallic illustrations of the history of Great Britain and Ireland to the death of George II : 213

Note:

p. 57

Reference

Ogden, W. S. - 1910 - Shakspere's portraiture: painted, graven, and medallic :

Note:

p. 188

Reference

Eimer, C. - 1987 - British commemorative medals and their values : 1454

Note:

p. 173

Reference

British Museum Collection Online : https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_M-4268

Contributors to this coin record

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