Irish Coins & Historical Medals

Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, a silver award medal by J. Woodhouse, coroneted bust of Victoria right, rev. crowned wreath, named (Drawing from the Life, Special Competition 1893, N.B. Browne), 63mm (E 1550; Frazer p.196). Brightly cleaned and some rim bruising, otherwise very fine, rare £200-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Irish Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: J. Spencer Collection, DNW Auction M5, 17 December 2007, lot 1112.

N. Blair Browne, secretary of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Lower Abbey street, Dublin; the original building was destroyed by fire in the 1916 Easter Rising