Sujet

Mould for the Royal Academy President's Medal with relief bust of King George IV, c1820. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Mould for the Royal Academy President's Medal with relief bust of King George IV, c1820. One medal mould for dye electrotype 1930 and wax impression for the President's Medal from the original gold Presidential Medal, originally worn by the President of the Royal Academy of Arts, Sir Thomas Lawrence. The Latin inscription reads: Georgius IV dei Gratia Britanniarum Rex (George IV, by the Grace of God, King of the Britains). Lawrence (1769-1830), the leading British portrait painter of his generation, was elected President of the Royal Academy in 1820, holding the position until his death.

Date

1820

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts, London

Notre référence

HRM26A34_208

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

68.5Mo (5.5Mo) / 42.0cm x 40.9cm / 4960 x 4829 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Latin people male man men arts shape sculpture monarch art guy British color profile king royal commemoration relief century commemorative Britain royalty artefact concept medal medals cast mould artifact mold Plaster Cast Colour laurel wreath 19th century bas relief bas-relief nineteenth century Royal Academy Royal Academy of Arts sovereign King George IV King of Great Britain Prince of Wales obverse portrait object sculpture Unknown Prince of Wales King of Great Britain and Ireland Thomas George IV Prinnie George Lawrence Thomas Lawrence Sir Thomas Lawrence George IV of the United Kingdom laurel crown 19th-century George Augustus Frederick King of the United Kingdom Prince R Royal Academy of Arts PRA