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Medals: Joseph Priestley II

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The file contains:;a) two copies of a silver plated bronze (?) medal by Halliday, diameter 52 mm. On the obverse a bust to lft, around the inscription: Joseph Priestley LLD. F.R.S. Ac. Imp. Petrop... On the reverse a long inscription from a tablet at the Unitarian Chapel in Birmingham;b) a silver plated zinc medal by Halliday, similar to a), however showing a different bust on the obverse.;c) a silver medal by Phipson, diameter 55 mm. On the obverse a bust to right, around the inscription: Josephus Preistley, below the bust the artist's name. On the reverse the inscription: Magnus christianus philosophus. Apr. VIII Brittaniae litora linquens Columbiam advenit Juni VI MDCCXCIV, natus 13 Mart. 1733 Mort 6 Feb. 1804.

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Reference Code
ARC. 4* 1982 3 185
Dates
[ca. 1810]
Languages
English;
Description
The file contains:;a) two copies of a silver plated bronze (?) medal by Halliday, diameter 52 mm. On the obverse a bust to lft, around the inscription: Joseph Priestley LLD. F.R.S. Ac. Imp. Petrop... On the reverse a long inscription from a tablet at the Unitarian Chapel in Birmingham;b) a silver plated zinc medal by Halliday, similar to a), however showing a different bust on the obverse.;c) a silver medal by Phipson, diameter 55 mm. On the obverse a bust to right, around the inscription: Josephus Preistley, below the bust the artist's name. On the reverse the inscription: Magnus christianus philosophus. Apr. VIII Brittaniae litora linquens Columbiam advenit Juni VI MDCCXCIV, natus 13 Mart. 1733 Mort 6 Feb. 1804.
Title
Medals: Joseph Priestley II.
Notes
Original card file numbers: 112, 114, 115, 118
Host Item
Sidney M. Edelstein Autographs and Documents Collection
Access Rights
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Level of Description
File Record
National Library system number
990039557500205171

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Medals: Joseph Priestley II, [ca. 1810], סימול ARC. 4* 1982 3 185, Sidney M. Edelstein Autographs and Documents Collection.
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