Portrait Medallion of Dr Salmon, late Provost of Trinity College Dublin

Created by Albert Bruce Joy

Date: 1906
Usually date of exhibition rather than production

Object class: numismatics

Object type: medallion

Material: metal - bronze

Technique: cast

Description: 'In St. Patrick's Cathedral a very fine memorial to the late Provost of Trinity College, Dr. Salmon , as unveiled the other day [...] The memorial (designed by Sir Thomas Drew, LLD, PRHA) comprises 2 stained glass windows [...] illustrative of the life of St. Peter; there is also a portrait medallion in bronze of Dr. Salmon, the medallion being from the hands of Mr. A. Bruce Joy, ARA. Beneath the medallion is a bronze tablet, which with the frame of the portrait, was also designed by Sir Thomas Drew' ('The Irish Builder', 13 January 1906).

Citing this record

'Portrait Medallion of Dr Salmon, late Provost of Trinity College Dublin', 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=msib3_1216036080, accessed 21 Jan 2021]