Baldwin & Sons
Auction 93 5 May 2015
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Mexico, Charles IV (1748-1788-1808), Silver Medal, 1796, by G A Gil, inauguration of the equestrian statue of Charles IV, conjoined busts right of the King and Queen Maria Luisa of Parma, he laureate in armour, rev the statue on its plinth with railings around, CAROLO IV PIO BENEF..., 59.5mm (Grove C-267; Fonr 6436). Good very fine.
The statue (known as El Caballito) by Manuel Tolsá, had been commissioned by the new Viceroy, Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca, and the plinth with a temporary statue on it was inaugurated in the the Plaza de la Constitución with large and well-attended parties and bullfights on the 8 December 1796. It is now in the Plaza Manuel Tolsá.
Estimate: £400-500
The statue (known as El Caballito) by Manuel Tolsá, had been commissioned by the new Viceroy, Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca, and the plinth with a temporary statue on it was inaugurated in the the Plaza de la Constitución with large and well-attended parties and bullfights on the 8 December 1796. It is now in the Plaza Manuel Tolsá.
Estimate: £400-500