| Title: | 1966N693 Commemorative Medal - Death of Matthew Boulton |
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| Description: |
1966N693 [Reverse] Commemorative Medal - Death of Matthew Boulton, 1809 Manufacturers: Matthew Robinson Boulton, Soho Mint Engraver: Peter Wyon Inscription reads: 'BY THE SKILFUL EXERTION OF A MIND TURNED TO PHILOSOPY AND MECHANICS THE APPLICATION OF A TASTE CORRECT & REFINED & AN ARDENT SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE HE IMPROVED, EMBELISHED & EXTENDED THE ARTS & MANUFACTURES OF HIS COUNTRY LEAVING HIS ESTABLISHMENT OF SOHO A NOBLE MONUMENT OF HIS GENIUS, INDUSTRY, & SUCCESS. THE CHARACTER HIS TALENTS HAD RAISED, HIS VIRTUES ADORNED & EXALTED. ACTIVE TO DISCOVER MERIT AND PROMPT TO RELIEVE DISTRESS. HIS ENCOURAGEMENT WAS LIBERAL HIS BENEVOLENCE UNWEARIED. HONOURED & ADMIRED AT HOME & ABROAD. HE CLOSED A LIFE EMINENTLY USEFUL. THE 17TH AUGUST 1809 AGED 81 ESTEEMED, LOVED, & LAMENTED'. |
| Keywords: |
Birmingham Museums Trust/Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham Museums Trust/Soho House, Numismatics, Metal/ Copper, Birmingham history |
| Usage Rights: | Creative Commons 0 - Public Domain. Optional attribution: Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust, licensed under CC0 |
| Unit: | mm |
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| Credit Line: | Transferred from the Birmingham Reference Library, 1966. |
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