Medal awarded to Fred Fitzroy
Made by Vaughtons Limited
Date: 1951
Usually date of exhibition rather than production
Object class: numismatics
Object type: medal
Material: metal - silver
Technique: stamped
Notes: This medal was awarded to the acrobat and trapeze artist, Fred Fitzroy who was working with his sister. The two children were given medals for their "daring and clever performances on the trapeze". They performed all over the country from 1889 - 1895 under the title of the "Two Fitzroys" or the "Flying Fitzroys".
Makers, Owners and Exhibitors
Owned by Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum number: M.45-1999. See http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O25288/medal/ (accessed 31 August 2010)
Sources
V&A Search the collections
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O25288/medal/ (accessed 31 August 2010)
Citing this record
'Medal awarded to Fred Fitzroy', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=ann_1283291496, accessed 05 Apr 2020]
