Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Admiral Vernon "Vernon, Brown, and Walpole" Commemorative Medal
Object Number:
1945.29
Date:
1741
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 7/16 in. ( 3.7 cm )
Description:
Copper struck medal with obverse showing two full-length figures; Vernon at left, facing three-quarters to right, with sword in his right hand; Brown at right, facing three-quarters to left; between them crown above and ship below; legend within line border: "THE . BRITISH . GLORY . REVIV . D: BY . ADMl. VERNON : COMR. BROWN." Reverse depicts devil leading Sir Robert Walpole by rope around his neck into open mouth of dragon at left; legend on scroll emerging from devil's mouth: "MAKE ROOM FOR SIR ROBERT"; in exergue: "NO.EXCISE."
Credit Line:
Gift of Commander Leander McCormick-Goodhart, R.N.V.R.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
