Medal commemorating the Great Exhibition of 1851
Made by Allen and Moore
Date: 1851
Usually date of exhibition rather than production
Object class: numismatics
Object type: medal
Material: metal - bronze
Description: This medal commemorates the Great Exhibition of 1851. On one side there is a view of the exhibition building and the inscription 'Crystal Palace' and 'For the Great Exhibition in London of 1851.' On the reverse side there are portraits, in profile of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Makers, Owners and Exhibitors
Owned by Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum number: CIRC.811-1969. See http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O347125/medal-medal/ (accessed 31 August 2010)
Sources
V&A Search the collections
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O347125/medal-medal/ (accessed 31 August 2010)
Citing this record
'Medal commemorating the Great Exhibition of 1851', 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_1283291989, accessed 29 Sep 2023]
