Coins/Medallions: M0055

Title

Medallion given to Benjamin Webster

Technique

Metalwork

Subject

Webster, Benjamin Nottingham

Date

1853

Dimensions

Height: 4.8cm
Width: 4.8cm
Depth: 0.6cm

Other materials

Gilt metal medal

Inscription/signature

"C.E. / C.M. / TO BENJ. WEBSTER MARCH 14 1853 / FINIS CORONAT OPUS" (front); "W. TAYLER LONDON" (manufacturers mark); "TRIBUTE OF ADMIRATION OF HIS TALENT AS AUTHOR MANAGER & ACTOR AND OF SINCERE ESTEEM FOR HIM AS A MAN" (verso); "CELESTE ELLIOTT, AND CHARLES MANBY" (around edge)

Provenance

Presented to the Garrick Club by Viscount Burnham, 1921