Historical and Art Medals

London, City of London School, Beaufoy Shakespearian Prize (Founded 1851), a copper award medal by B. Wyon, bust of William Shakespeare left, rev. Prospero and Ariel, Cardinal Wolsey, Lady Macbeth, Falstaff and Henry V, edge named (John Yates Paterson, 1857), 77mm (Ogden, BNJ 1910, 57). Almost extremely fine and extremely rare (£90-120)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer.

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Illustrated on the Plates. This award was given very sparingly; W. Sharp Ogden records the award of only four between 1853 and 1885, of which this presumably is the second