This bronze prize medal was awarded to H Davis for a painting exhibited at the Melbourne Exhibition of 1854. The exhibition was organised to select exhibits suitably for representing the colony at the Paris International Exhibition in 1855. The exhibition building was specially constructed and stood at the corner of William and LaTrobe Streets.

Melbourne Exhibition prize medal, obverse.

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Melbourne Exhibition prize medal, reverse.

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Obverse – A view of the exhibition building with MELBOURNE EXHIBITION above and VICTORIA 1854 below. The artist's name, J.S. Wyon of London, can be found just below the right side of the building.		Reverse – A gold miner, a shepherd and a wheat farmer offering their produce to Britannia who is seated at the left. The Southern Cross is visible in the sky.

Donated by George McArthur, 1903