Britannia Recording Merit [obverse], c. 1800

Not on View

Medium

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 5.32 cm (2 1/8 in.)
gross weight: 53.26 gr (0.117 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Accession Number

1999.109.8.a

Artists / Makers

Image Use

around bottom circumference: POSTERA CRESCES LAUDE RECENS; on plaque held by angel below Britannia: REGIS / OF / HON

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1999 to NGA.

Baskin, Lisa

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 952, repro.