1851 Great Exhibition medal
Charlotte Treadwin exhibited her lace at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and was awarded this medal. On the obverse it depicts conjoined profile busts of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, two dolphins and a trident on the reverse Britannia crowns a kneeling female figure of Industry with a laurel. Behind stand four attendants in a row, embodying the Continents Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Piled up on the ground surrounding the group are artefacts of art and industry including a bust and a cogged wheel.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 1891/4/7/4
- Collection Class
- Numismatics
- Material
- bronze
- Common Name
- 1851 Great Exhibition medal
- Simple Name
- medal
- Inscription Transcription
- VICTORIA D.G. BRIT. REG. F. D. ALBERTUS PRINCIPUS CONJUX MDCCCLI / W. WYON R. A. / ROYAL MINT; DISSOCIATA LOCIS CONCORDI PACE LIGAVIT. / LEONARI C : WYON DES: & SC: / ROYAL MINT LONDON 1851
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production County
- London
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- 1851
- Production Person Initials
- William; Leonard Charles
- Production Person Surname
- Wyon; Wyon
