Lead Medal, Great Britain. 1951.132.1

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 32.28
  • Diameter (in mm): 45

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1833
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Lead
• Symbol: OTTLEY

• Authority

  • Artist: Ottley, John

• Geographic

  • Place of Issue: England
  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: Great Britain

• Obverse

  • Legend: CHOLERA ORPHAN SCHOOL|OPENED AUGUST 3 1833 NUMBER OF ORPHANS 450 BY CHOLERA UNDER 12 YEARS OF AGE
  • Type: facade of a building

• Reverse

  • Legend: ERECTED & SUPPORTED FROM A FUND SUBSCRIBED BY THE BRITISH NATION FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERERS BY CHOLERA AT BILSTON IN THE YEAR 1832 POPULATION OF BILSTON 14492 PERSONS ATTACKED BY CHOLERA 3568 PERSONS WHO PERISHED BY CHOLERA 742 THE FIRST CASE AUGUST 3 THE LAST DEATH SEP 18 AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS

References

• Reference: BHM 1653

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1951.132.1
• Lot: 1951.132
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • Matson

Description

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
• Rights: Copyright Undetermined