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Auction 60 26 May 2022
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The Great Exhibition, copper medal "For Services", 1851, by William Wyon, bust of Prince Albert l., rev. legend in and around wreath, edge impressed, R. M. MARCHANT., 48mm. (BHM.2465; Eimer 1461), in maroon leather fitted case of issue, extremely fine
Robert Mudge Marchant (1821-1902), of 18 Great George Street, Westminster, is listed as one of the competitors "for the building proposed to be erected in Hyde Park". Marchant was a civil engineer, employed by various railway companies throughout the 1840's. He was declared bankrupt in 1851, moving sometime later to New Zealand. By 1871 he had returned to London and in 1885 formed the Marchant Engine Syndicate
(80-120 GBP)
Robert Mudge Marchant (1821-1902), of 18 Great George Street, Westminster, is listed as one of the competitors "for the building proposed to be erected in Hyde Park". Marchant was a civil engineer, employed by various railway companies throughout the 1840's. He was declared bankrupt in 1851, moving sometime later to New Zealand. By 1871 he had returned to London and in 1885 formed the Marchant Engine Syndicate
(80-120 GBP)