Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 52 18 Nov 2020
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British Historical Medals, The Princess Louise (Louise Caroline Alberta, 1848-1939), later Marquess of Lorne and Duchess of Argyll, small copper medal, 1850, by Leonard Charles Wyon, bust l., her hair in ringlets, dated SEPTR 1850, rev. legend in 6 lines within floral wreath, LOUISE CAROLINE ALBERTA BORN MARCH 18 1848, 32mm (Attwood, 2014, p. 64; BHM 2390; Eimer 1448), extremely fine and very rare
*ex Baldwin's vault
Princess Louise studied sculpture and was a pupil of J. Edgar Boehm, the sculptor responsible for the Jubilee Bust featured on coins of Queen Victoria from 1887 to 1893. The statue of Queen Victoria on the Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace is Louise's work. Wyon made portraits of all seven of the Royal Children between August and September 1850, and a set of medals was produced (BHM 2384-2390). A set of seven wax models of the royal children was sold in the Leonard Wyon sale (Sotheby's, 12 December 1901), lot 134. The set reappeared in the Murdoch sale (Sotheby's, 14-16 December 1904), lot 1006, and in 1924 it was purchased by the British Museum.
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*ex Baldwin's vault
Princess Louise studied sculpture and was a pupil of J. Edgar Boehm, the sculptor responsible for the Jubilee Bust featured on coins of Queen Victoria from 1887 to 1893. The statue of Queen Victoria on the Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace is Louise's work. Wyon made portraits of all seven of the Royal Children between August and September 1850, and a set of medals was produced (BHM 2384-2390). A set of seven wax models of the royal children was sold in the Leonard Wyon sale (Sotheby's, 12 December 1901), lot 134. The set reappeared in the Murdoch sale (Sotheby's, 14-16 December 1904), lot 1006, and in 1924 it was purchased by the British Museum.
(100-150 GBP)