Resolution and Adventure Medal, 1772
Resolution and Adventure Medal, 1772
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1772
Call Numbers
SAFE/R 392 Status: On display - Map Rooms
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Reference Code
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Physical Description
Contents
1 medal - silver
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Fonds
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Digitised
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Obverse: Head of George III.
Legend: George III, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, etc.
B:F Reverse: The Resolution and Adventure
Exergue: Sailed from England March MDCCLXXII
Alternative Titles
Full title
Resolution and Adventure Medal, 1772
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 1054941...
Attributions / Conjectures
The authorship of this medal has been variously assigned. William Barnett, the gem engraver, and Edward Burch, R.A., have each been named as its designer, apparently because the medal bears the initials B:F. But a pamphlet published at Birmingham in 1926, entitled "Matthew Boulton's Otaheite medal" proves that Matthew Boulton, of Boulton and Fothe...
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Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/R 392 Status: On display - Map Rooms
Record Identifier
n5lVw569
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n5lVw569
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Reference code
889455
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