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Auction: 24123 - British and World Coins and Medals featuring the Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1343

Memorial AE Medals (2) | Death of Princes Charlotte Augusta of Wales, AE Medal, 1817, by T. Wyon Sr, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS CHARLOTTE AUGUSTA &c, bust left, hair up in chignon, rev. THE VOICE OF WAILING IS HEARD : AS THE MORNING CLOUD, AS THE EARLY DEW, SHE PASSETH AWAY, legend in centre and two lines around, 50.5mm, 60.74g, (BHM 943), faint brilliance to dark brown surfaces, extremely fine; Death of George IV, AE Medal, 1830, [by B. Faulkner], HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY GEORGE IV, bare head left, rev. DIED AT WINDSOR CASTLE JUNE 26 1830. AGED 67., view of Windsor Castle and parkland, centred on the King George IV Gateway, 53mm, 47.83g (BHM 1391; Eimer 1219), with striated toning to light brown surfaces, lustrous, extremely fine (2)

i) L. Brown [BHM] records the obverse legend reading '... AUGUST', in error.



Obverse portrait is modelled after a marble bust, carved by Peter Turnerelli (1774-1839), an Irish born sculptor with Italian heritage, who taught modelling to George III's daughters. He was granted the title Sculptor-in-Ordinary to the Royal Family.

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