Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 52 18 Nov 2020
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From the remaining stock of Mrs Irene [Neddy] Allen (1928-2020), British and World Medallions, Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), painter and President of the Royal Academy of Arts, silver medal, 1845, by A. J. Stothard for the Art Union of London, head l., palette and brush below, rev. detail from Reynolds' painting "The Infant Hercules", plain edge, 58mm. (Beaulah 2; BHM 2207; Eimer 1399), edge knock (2 o'clock), about very fine, very rare
*ex Mrs. Irene "Neddy" Allen stock
To be sold on behalf of several animal charities
Thirty medals in silver were allotted in 1845 and distributed 1846. In 1785 Joshua Reynolds, was commissioned by Catherine II of Russia to paint a picture for her on any historical subject. "The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents" was completed the following year. At the time the medal was struck, the painting was in the Imperial Collection at St. Petersburg 'in deplorable condition'. It remains in the Hermitage.
(150-200 GBP)
*ex Mrs. Irene "Neddy" Allen stock
To be sold on behalf of several animal charities
Thirty medals in silver were allotted in 1845 and distributed 1846. In 1785 Joshua Reynolds, was commissioned by Catherine II of Russia to paint a picture for her on any historical subject. "The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents" was completed the following year. At the time the medal was struck, the painting was in the Imperial Collection at St. Petersburg 'in deplorable condition'. It remains in the Hermitage.
(150-200 GBP)