1592997365000 1566213911000 Standard Record object-229175 1747246687332 1711458168000 1747245850460 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-229175 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/229175 d3c655f2-5381-390d-961e-fe39bf572c34 5 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal reference term-40365 adlib-term-40365 d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005 bronze Diameter (min) mm 45.3 Diameter mm 45.3 Weight g 36.06 Object Coins and Medals CM.399-1989 1 accession number CM.399-1989 229175 priref 229175 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/229175 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/229175 Draped bust of Matthew Boulton, hair in queue, facing right, two cherubs below, one holding a torch, the other a palm branch over a model of the Soho Mint building. obverse MATTHEW BOULTON F.R.S. design Inscription reverse BY THE SKILLED EXERTION OF A MIND TURN-ED TO PHILOSOPHY & ME-CHANICS , THE APPLICATION OF A TASTE CORRECT & REFINED, & AN ARDENT SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE, HE IMPROVED, ESTABLISHED, & EXTENDED THE ARTS & MANUFACTRES OF HIS COUNTRY; LEAVING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOHO A NOBLE MONUMENT OF HIS GENIUS, INDUSTRY & SUCCESS. THE CHARACTER OF HIS TALENTS HAD RAI-SED HIS VIRTUES ADORNED & EXERTED. ACTIVE TO DISCOVER MERIT, & PROMPT TO RELIEVE DISTRESS. HIS ENCOU-RAGEMENT WAS LIBERAL, HIS BENE-VOLENCE UNWEARIED. HONOURED & ADMIRED AT HOME & ABROAD. HE CLOSED A LIFE EMINENTLY USEFUL. THE 17TH OF AUGUST 1809 AGED 81. ESTEEMED, LOVED, & LAMENTED. design reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown 1989 1989 1989 given 1809 1809 1809 Copy of Rouw P.'s reference term-116687 adlib-term-116687 6046c6a8-1b5f-3763-86f0-6350318ef2fb British Isles series reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-8642 adlib-publication-8642 3016e9d6-8cba-3ef9-b081-aa2e54fdb7dd A Catalogue of British Historical Medals, 1760-1960. Vol I: The Accession of George III to the Death of William IV

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