British educational award medal - Eton College Strafford Medal – HCR95791

Obverse

Inscription:

HOW NOBLE IN REASON! HOW INFINITE IN FACULTY!

Design:

bust of William Shakespeare, ¾ left, earringed, like the Chandos portrait; quotation adapted from "Hamlet"

Reverse

Inscription:

FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE AT ETON COLLEGE / FOUNDED BY / THE RIGHT HONᴮᴸᴱ / GEORGE STEVENS BYNG / EARL OF STRAFFORD / MDCCCLXXXI

Design:

inscription surrounded by stars

Information

Person

William Shakespeare (subject) , Leonard Charles Wyon (engraver)

Dating

1881

Note

obverse takes after HCR95575, struck for similar purposes for a prize at Harrow School; the Eton Archives show that the fund was eventually inadequate for the casting of a gold medal every year

Period

Modern

Kind

medal

Metal

gold

Reign

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
Credit

Weight (g)

39.59

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

085N

Acquisition date

6/2019

Source

J. Eric Engstrom

Acquisition credit

Presented by J. Eric Engstrom, 2019.

Acquisition note

J. Eric Engstrom Shakespeare Medal Collection

Edge inscription

K.R. JOHNSTONE K.S. 1920

Source of portrait

Chandos portrait

Country of origin

Great Britain

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher