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Sculpture, Room 111, The Gilbert Bayes Gallery

Coronation of Queen Victoria

Medal
1838 (made)
Artist/Maker
Pistrucci, Benedetto (medallist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Queen Victoria’s coronation took place on 28 June 1838 in Westminster Hall. During the ceremony the Treasurer of the Household threw silver medals to crowds. The Queen had sat specially for the portrait.


Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Sculpture
Royalty
Object type
Medal
TitleCoronation of Queen Victoria (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Silver, struck
Silver
Brief description
Medal, silver, by Benedetto Pistrucci, England (London), 1838
Physical description
Obverse: profile bust of Queen Victoria to left. Inscription.
Reverse: Queen Victoria enthroned being offered the crown by Britannia, Scotia and Hibernia. Inscription.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 3.65cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'VICTORIA D.G.BRITANNIARUM REGINA F.D.' (obverse)
  • 'ERIMUS TIBI NOBILE REGNUM' (reverse)
    Translation
    'we will be to thee a noble kingdom'
  • 'INAUGURATA/DIE JUNII XXVIII/MDCCCXXXVIII' (reverse, exergue)
    Translation
    'crowned June 28 1838'
Object history
Given by the Deputy Master, Royal Mint.
Subject depicted
Victoria (Queen of Great Britain and Empress of India)
Summary
Queen Victoria’s coronation took place on 28 June 1838 in Westminster Hall. During the ceremony the Treasurer of the Household threw silver medals to crowds. The Queen had sat specially for the portrait.
Bibliographic references
  • Brown, Laurence. A Catalogue of British Historical Medals 1837-1901. London, 1987. Volume II. The Reign of Queen Victoria. no. 1801.
  • Trusted, Marjorie, ed. The Making of Sculpture. The Materials and Techniques of European Sculpture. London: 2007, p. 76, pl. 115
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.6-1916

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Record createdMay 4, 2005
Record URL
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