The Duke as Hercules, Overcoming Discord and Raising Britannia [reverse], 1746

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G13-A

Medium

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 5.09 cm (2 in.)
gross weight: 54.48 gr (0.12 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1998.108.25.b

Artists / Makers

Richard Yeo (medalist) British, c. 1710 - 1779

Image Use

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Inscription

in exergue: PERDVELLIB[AT?].EX.ANG[LIAE].FVGAT / AD.CULLOD[IA].DEBELLAT / 16.APR[ILIS].1746 (He drives off the destroyers of lierty from England [and] he vanquishes [them] at Culloden on 16 April 1746)

Provenance

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1998 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Lisa

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 948, repro.