This is a thin one-sided medal or pressing of an official seal for the 1862 exhibition by the artist Charles Summers. It depicts the personification of the colony of Victoria as a classical goddess holding aloft a torch. The history of this piece is unclear. It probably relates to the Victorian entries in the London International Exhibition of 1862.

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Obverse – The goddess representing the Colony of Victoria standing looking left and holding aloft a torch. Around her is the Latin legend INTER. EXHIB. VICT. 1862 LAETA [Inter (national?) Exhibition 1862, Victoria the fertile].

Transferred from National Gallery of Victoria, 1976