Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 27 13 Jan 2019
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Commemorative Medals, Great Britain, Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham (1843-1919), politician and entomologist, the Walsingham Gold Medal of the University of Cambridge, undated (1891), by Edward Onslow Ford (1852-1901), bust r., legend around in Gothic script, AUSP. THOMA. BAR. DE. WALSINGHAM. ACADEM. SUMMI. SENESCH, rev. shield of arms over an African landscape filled with wildlife, PROPTER. AUCTAM. NATURAE. SCIENTIAM, 67mm., wt. 143.23gms. (Clark p.425; Eimer 1801), an impressive, large and heavy gold medal, by one of the leading members of the 'New Sculpture' movement, extremely fine and exceedingly rare
Lord Walsingham proposed the award of this medal during his tenure as High Steward of the University of Cambridge. Details of the medal, dating it to 1891, are recorded by John Willis Clark (ed.), Endowments of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 1904. It was to be awarded annually for three years 'for the best Monograph or Essay giving evidence of original research in any subject coming under the cognisance of the Special Board for Biology and Geology'.
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Lord Walsingham proposed the award of this medal during his tenure as High Steward of the University of Cambridge. Details of the medal, dating it to 1891, are recorded by John Willis Clark (ed.), Endowments of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 1904. It was to be awarded annually for three years 'for the best Monograph or Essay giving evidence of original research in any subject coming under the cognisance of the Special Board for Biology and Geology'.
($5750-6250)