Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Weigall, Henry, 1800-1883
Title:
Art Union medal commemorating John Flaxman.
Alternate Title(s):
Inscription on obverse: Flaxman
Published / Created:
England, 1854.
Physical Description:
1 medal : bronze ; 56 mm in diameter
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Flat D 9b
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
The present design was preceded by two unfulfilled commissions by W. Wilson (1847) and W. Wyon (1851). See: Beaulah.

Obverse: Portrait of Flaxman in profile. Inscribed: Flaxman. Henry Weigall sc.

Reverse: Bas-relief of Flaxman's Mercury and Pandora. Inscribed: H. Weigall fecit.

Edge: Art-Union of London 1854.

Brown, L. Catalogue of British historical medals, 1760-1960, 2530

Eimer, C. British commemorative medals and their values, 1479

Beaulah, G.K. "The medals of the Art Union of London" In British Numismatic Journal, vol. XXXVI (1967), page 182, no. 6
Subject Terms:
Flaxman, John, 1755–1826. | Flaxman, John, 1755–1826. Mercury and Pandora. | Art Union of London.
Form/Genre:
Medals.
Contributors:
Art Union of London.