Live auction - fme_692170 - GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA Médaille, Prince Albert, Exposition des travaux d’industrie
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 75 € |
| Maximum bid : | 125 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 October 2021 20:04:36 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille, Prince Albert, Exposition des travaux d’industrie
Date: 1851
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 44 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver WYON William
Weight : 64,51 g.
Edge : lisse + SWITZERLAND. N°82.
Coments on the condition:
Très intéressante médaille avec une patine marron homogène. Traces de manipulation
Obverse
Obverse legend : H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION.
Obverse description : Tête barbue du prince Albert de Saxe à gauche.
Signé: W. WYON.R.A.
Reverse
Reverse legend : EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS. / MDCCCLI // EXHIBITOR.
Reverse description : Globe terrestre ceint au niveau de l'équateur d'un phylactère portant l'inscription "EXHIBITOR", entouré d'une couronne de laurier et surmonté d'une colombe aux ailes déployées.
Commentary
Albert de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha), né le 26 août 1819 au château de Rosenau près de Cobourg et mort le 14 décembre 1861 au château de Windsor, est le mari de la reine Victoria. Il est fait prince consort par son épouse, en 1857.
Historical background
GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA
(20/06/1837-22/01/1901)
Victoria (1819-1901) was the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, and granddaughter of George III. She succeeded her uncle Guillaume IV in 1837 and married her cousin Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg in 1840, against her mother's advice. She had nine children by him but became a widow in 1861. While respecting the rules of the parliamentary system, she tried to impose her views in the field of foreign affairs. Her favourite, Disraeli, had her given the title of Empress of India in 1876. Respected and loved, active and authoritarian, Victoria appeared in her time as the symbol of imperialist England. His reign marks the height of British power.
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