William Wyon (1795-1851)
Council medal of the Great Exhibition 1851
8.92 cm (diameter) | RCIN 443373
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William Wyon (1795-1851)
Council medal of the Great Exhibition 1851
![Council medal of the Great Exhibition Council medal of the Great Exhibition](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/2/a/297816-1340967997.jpg?itok=y2WikAB8)
William Wyon (1795-1851)
Council medal of the Great Exhibition 1851
![Council medal of the Great Exhibition Council medal of the Great Exhibition](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/f/9/297820-1340968003.jpg?itok=wU1ue9nP)
William Wyon (1795-1851)
Council medal of the Great Exhibition 1851
![Council medal of the Great Exhibition Council medal of the Great Exhibition](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/a/9/297819-1340968002.jpg?itok=_o6dPeUk)
William Wyon (1795-1851)
Council medal of the Great Exhibition 1851
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1 medal : bronze
Obverse: Conjoined busts of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert left, she laureate, he bare-headed VICTORIA D : G : BRIT : REG : F : D. ALBERTUS PRINCEPS CONJUX In exergue MDCCCLI Trident in field to right. By William Wyon
Reverse: Britannia standing on a dais before a trophy of flags and attributes of industry and commerce holding laurel wreaths by the heads of Mercury and Industry standing clasping hands. EST ETIAM IN MAGNO QUAEDAM RESPUBLICA MUNDO
Reverse: Date in exergue. By J. F. Domard after H. Bonnardel.Provenance
Presented to Queen Victoria by the Commissioners of the Great Exhibition
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Measurements
8.92 cm (diameter)
409.04 g (Weight) (whole object)
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