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Sir Francis Chantrey, 1843 [struck 1846], a copper medal by W. Wyon for the Art Union of...
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Sir Francis Chantrey, 1843 [struck 1846], a copper medal by W. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. James Watt seated left, a drawing of a plan resting on his lap, on which he rests a compass held in his right hand, from Chantrey’s sculptured memorial in Handsworth Church, Birmingham, edge plain, 55mm, 79.07g (Jones 195; Beaulah 1; BHM 2227; E 1381). Brilliant, virtually as struck £120-£150
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Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey (1781-1841) was the leading portrait sculptor in Regency Britain. Intended as the first medal in the Art Union of London series and sanctioned in 1843, it was not until late in 1846 that Wyon, until then heavily involved in producing Indian campaign medals, was able to finalise a working set of dies. Medals were struck in two batches, in 1846 and 1847. Chantrey’s sculpture of the Scottish engineer James Watt (1736-1819), executed in 1832, may also be seen in George square, Glasgow
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Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey (1781-1841) was the leading portrait sculptor in Regency Britain. Intended as the first medal in the Art Union of London series and sanctioned in 1843, it was not until late in 1846 that Wyon, until then heavily involved in producing Indian campaign medals, was able to finalise a working set of dies. Medals were struck in two batches, in 1846 and 1847. Chantrey’s sculpture of the Scottish engineer James Watt (1736-1819), executed in 1832, may also be seen in George square, Glasgow
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Sir Francis Chantrey, 1843 [struck 1846], a copper medal by W. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. James Watt seated left, a drawing of a plan resting on his lap, on which he rests a compass held in his right hand, from Chantrey’s sculptured memorial in Handsworth Church, Birmingham, edge plain, 55mm, 79.07g (Jones 195; Beaulah 1; BHM 2227; E 1381). Brilliant, virtually as struck £120-£150
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Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey (1781-1841) was the leading portrait sculptor in Regency Britain. Intended as the first medal in the Art Union of London series and sanctioned in 1843, it was not until late in 1846 that Wyon, until then heavily involved in producing Indian campaign medals, was able to finalise a working set of dies. Medals were struck in two batches, in 1846 and 1847. Chantrey’s sculpture of the Scottish engineer James Watt (1736-1819), executed in 1832, may also be seen in George square, Glasgow
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Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey (1781-1841) was the leading portrait sculptor in Regency Britain. Intended as the first medal in the Art Union of London series and sanctioned in 1843, it was not until late in 1846 that Wyon, until then heavily involved in producing Indian campaign medals, was able to finalise a working set of dies. Medals were struck in two batches, in 1846 and 1847. Chantrey’s sculpture of the Scottish engineer James Watt (1736-1819), executed in 1832, may also be seen in George square, Glasgow
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