Historical and Art Medals

Duke of Wellington, Laudatory Medal, 1841, a copper medal by B. Pistrucci, bust left, rev. Corinthian helmet, edge named (W.R. Hamilton), 61mm (Eimer 118; BHM 2011; E 1353). Very fine (£80-100)

Provenance:
J.N. Spencer Collection.

Capt William Richard Hamilton (1777-1859), antiquarian and diplomat, patron of Pistrucci and founder member of the Numismatic Society of London; it was he who published the electrotypes of Pistrucci’s Waterloo medal in 1852. Other medals named to Hamilton are known