This is one of a group of exhibition prize medals won by the Melbourne photographer J Noone in the 1870s and 1880s. Most of his medals were won in Australia but he was also successful in London and at the Bengal Photographic Society exhibition of 1874.

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Obverse – A woman, perhaps representing an Indian art muse, seated holding a book and a flower. The names of the artists, JS & AB Wyon can be seen in tiny letters on the seat.		Reverse – Inscribed within an olive wreath FOR WORKS OF ART TO J. NOONE 1874. Around this on a broad rim is the legend BENGAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.

Purchased, 1991