Médaille d'honneur décernée à la compagnie parisienne de gaz et d'éclairage lors de l'Exposition universelle de Londres,, ND3376(2), Daniel Maclise, En 1862

Author(s): wyon, leonard charles (london, 23–11–1826 - london, 20–08–1891), medal engraver - medalist maclise, daniel (cork, 1806 - 1870), draftsman production date: in 1862 type(s) of object(s): numismatics name(s): medal dimensions - artwork: diameter: 7. 6cm weight (type dimension): 184. 25 g description: relief, right and reverse marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: legend - on the reverse in the field: "1862 / londini / honoris / causa". Signature - in circular law: "d. Maclise r. A. Des. L. C. Wyon fec. "; on the reverse with the exergue: "l. C. Wyon f. ". (inscription hidden under a layer of wax) inscription - on the edge: "parisian gas lighting a heating company class x. ". Iconographic description: right: britannia seated left on a chariot, helmeted, laureate, armored, draped, holding a laurel wreath in her right hand; at his feet, a lion lying on the left holding a trident; around her, six female figures representing, on the left, industry leaning with her left hand on a gear and carrying a screw, agriculture kneeling on the right, presenting ears of wheat and goldsmithing accompanied by a ciborium, a reliquary box, a monstrance and a chalice, and on the right, sculpture holding a mallet and a point, architecture enclosing the model of a dome and painting holding a palette and a brush; reverse: inscription on four lines in a wreath of oak leaves. Acquisition mode: unknown acquisition mode institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: nd3376. Date: En 1862.