1592997056000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-166736 1755540252703 1755519205000 1755540249085 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-166736 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166736 97713ac7-513c-3639-8d6c-183d382efefe 10 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Height mm 53 Width mm 42 Object reference term-28812 adlib-term-28812 2d47a7d6-00dd-3caa-a80f-b52eef93afab struck (metalworking) Coins and Medals Lucy Harington, wife of the 3rd duke of Bedford, was one of the most interesting and vivacious women in court circles. She was a friend of James I’s queen, Anne of Denmark, and daughter, Elizabeth of Bohemia, and a patroness of John Donne, Ben Jonson and Indigo Jones, who designed a number of Masque costumes for her. A portrait at Woburn Abbey shows her in one of these, wearing a plume of heron feathers similar to that shown on the medal. The medal of Lucy Harington is only known from this piece, which may well have been the sole specimen produced for presentation to the sitter. It was unknown to Hawkins (Medallic Illustrations), and first surfaced in 1981 at a Christies sale (London, 17 February 1981, lot 358). The medal complements the Fitzwilliam Museum’s superb miniature by Oliver showing a half-length figure plausibly identified as Lucy Harington. Nicholas Briot (c.1579-c.1646) was a celebrated French coin engraver, medallist and inventor of minting machinery. He held the post of engraver-general at the Paris mint (1606-25), but in Summer 1625 moved to Britain where he became the principal die engraver at the Royal Mint and master of the mint in Edinburgh (1635-9). During the Civil War he was attached to the king’s court. This silver medal, produced shortly after his arrival in England, is of an exquisite quality that only Briot was capable of at this period. CM.2111-2003 1 accession number CM.2111-2003 166736 priref 166736 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166736 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166736 bust left wearing coronet ruff and plume of heron feathers obverse LVCIA HARINGHTON COM BEDFOR marginal inscription serpent with tail coiled around its head reverse IVDICIO NON METV marginal inscription reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-174859 adlib-agent-174859 643a1088-a7a4-368d-a801-712e8be473da Morton & Eden Ltd 2003 2003 2003-05-21 bought Entry date: 2003 1625 CE 1625 1625 die-engraver reference agent-178217 adlib-agent-178217 7e00c86c-4ac5-3bf0-9210-a04d34503e51 Briot, Nicholas mint reference agent-149658 adlib-agent-149658 4cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5 London unique and unpublished reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 London reference media-1973585330 portfolio portfolio-media-1973585330 c57e334b-b2c3-39a6-ad14-1de35da9a42e jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/563/979/large_CM_2111_2003_1_2010_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1164 width pixels 1024 1537140555000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/563/979/mid_CM_2111_2003_1_2010_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 568 width pixels 500 1537140555000 1 image CM.2111-2003_1_2010_mas.tif 1537140555000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/563/979/preview_CM_2111_2003_1_2010_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 284 width pixels 250 1537140555000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/563/979/CM_2111_2003_1_2010_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 5073 width pixels 4464 1537140555000 1 image 0 <primary>1</primary> <type>main title</type> <value>Lucy Harington Medal</value> media image reference media-3130739987 portfolio portfolio-media-3130739987 3e920461-19f1-3311-8ae0-cbce95d65d21 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/563/988/large_CM_2111_2003_2_2010_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1194 width pixels 1024 1537140560000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/563/988/mid_CM_2111_2003_2_2010_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 583 width pixels 500 1537140560000 1 image CM.2111-2003_2_2010_mas.tif 1537140560000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/563/988/preview_CM_2111_2003_2_2010_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 292 width pixels 250 1537140560000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/563/988/CM_2111_2003_2_2010_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 5216 width pixels 4472 1537140560000 1 image 1 <primary>1</primary> <type>main title</type> <value>Lucy Harington Medal</value> media image reference media-2609150749 portfolio portfolio-media-2609150749 3d2bea01-a551-3576-adc3-0755cb48cb5b jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/628/327/large_CM_2111_2003_1_2010_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 1163 width pixels 1024 1550049426000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/628/327/mid_CM_2111_2003_1_2010_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 568 width pixels 500 1550049426000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/628/327/CM_2111_2003_1_2010_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 3087 width pixels 2717 1550049426000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/628/327/preview_CM_2111_2003_1_2010_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 284 width pixels 250 1550049426000 1 image 2 <primary>1</primary> <type>main title</type> <value>Lucy Harington Medal</value> media image reference term-98222 adlib-term-98222 b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50e medals series reference term-42235 adlib-term-42235 7d628538-8149-3852-b01d-c941c76aa5d3 commemorative subseries Lucy Harington Medal history note Morton and Eden sale 4 (21 May 2003), lot 1133; ex Christies 17 Feb. 1981, lot 358. reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 252 reference publication-382 adlib-publication-382 ee5148de-e3eb-3d38-88db-9a331edf70b6 Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-98222 adlib-term-98222 b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50e medals medals object OBJECT