Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 43 25 Mar 2020
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The Pavilion Collection, Commemorative Medals, George IV, Laudatory or Tribute Medal 1826, uniface copper medal, by Alfred Joseph Stothard (1794-1864), dated MAY 1826, laureate and draped bust r., GEORGIUS IIII DEI GRATIA REX, rev. blank, 62.5mm. (cf. BHM.1363; cf. Eimer 1217), a handsome portrait medal
bt. June, 2003
The medal's obverse is used again in 1830 to commemorate the King's death (see lots 611 & 612), with a reverse showing the central legend, HIS REIGN BROUGHT VICTORY, PEACE AND CONCORD. This medal is without any of the hairline die flaws of the later medals and the date below the bust is quite clearly 1826. Stothard worked for Samuel Parker 'Bronzist to His Majesty' and publisher of medals. This medal is almost certainly a part of that collaboration. In 1826 Parker started to publish his series of medals mostly by Stothard and dedicated 'To Great Men', exhibiting six at the Royal Academy in 1826. It seems very likely that this medal was somehow to be incorporated into this unfinished series. Parker's family business had been George IV's principal lighting suppliers, and he worked extensively for the King at Brighton Pavilion, supplying ormolu mounts. He was then employed at Buckingham Palace and it is said that the late payment of £3,900 on the contract to provide railings, grand gates and a balustrade for the principal staircase, led to his bankruptcy in 1832.
(150-200 GBP)
bt. June, 2003
The medal's obverse is used again in 1830 to commemorate the King's death (see lots 611 & 612), with a reverse showing the central legend, HIS REIGN BROUGHT VICTORY, PEACE AND CONCORD. This medal is without any of the hairline die flaws of the later medals and the date below the bust is quite clearly 1826. Stothard worked for Samuel Parker 'Bronzist to His Majesty' and publisher of medals. This medal is almost certainly a part of that collaboration. In 1826 Parker started to publish his series of medals mostly by Stothard and dedicated 'To Great Men', exhibiting six at the Royal Academy in 1826. It seems very likely that this medal was somehow to be incorporated into this unfinished series. Parker's family business had been George IV's principal lighting suppliers, and he worked extensively for the King at Brighton Pavilion, supplying ormolu mounts. He was then employed at Buckingham Palace and it is said that the late payment of £3,900 on the contract to provide railings, grand gates and a balustrade for the principal staircase, led to his bankruptcy in 1832.
(150-200 GBP)