Live auction - fme_1176992 - GREAT BRITAIN - GEORGE IV Médaille, Cupidon, Elgin medals
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Cupidon, Elgin medals
Date: n.d.
Metal : copper
Diameter : 47,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver THOMASON Edward (1769-1849)
Weight : 51,39 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène. Coups et concrétions noires à l’avers et au revers. Rayures à l’avers et sur la tranche
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CUPID.
Obverse description : Marbre du corps de Cupidon debout. Signé : THOMASON DIREXIT.
Obverse translation : Cupidon .
Reverse
Reverse legend : .THE ELGIN MEDALS DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO HIS MAJESTY GEORGE IV // HONI - SOIT QUI MAL - Y PENSE // DIEU - ET MON - DROIT.
Reverse description : Blason coiffé d’un heaume de chevalier lambrequiné tenu par un lion couronné et une licorne.
Reverse translation : Les médailles d’Elgin, décernées avec la permission de sa majestée George IV.
Historical background
GREAT BRITAIN - GEORGE IV
(01/29/1820-06/25/1830)
Georges IV (09/12/1762-06/25/1830) is the eldest son of Georges III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg. After a depraved youth, he became Regent in 1810 when his father's dementia was too serious. He married Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821). Their only daughter Charlotte (1796-1817) married Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, the future King of the Belgians. His brothers Guillaume IV and Ernest-Auguste are respectively King of England and King of Hanover. His niece Victoria becomes queen. Georges IV is an ultra-conservative, sworn enemy of Napoleon and a traitor to the word given to the Emperor, whom he allows to be deported to the island of Saint Helena. He relies on Wellington to govern.
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