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- A Artist Melbourne, Australia
- A Awarded To Melbourne, Australia
- B Issued By Adelaide, Australia
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Medal - Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, Prize, South Australia, Australia, 1887
Reg. No: NU 35858
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- Australia South Australia Adelaide
Medal - Adelaide Exhibition 1887 Prize
Other Details: A large bronze prize medal (75 mm diameter) featuring a profile portrait head of Queen Victoria crowned and wearing a long veil facing left and a wreath of Australian native flowers, fruits and vegitables. Prize medals were only issued at the delaide Jubilee International Exhibition for First Prize; they were not named. However, this medal is in its original presentation case which is named inside the top TECHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM. As Adelaide's first international exhibition, the Jubilee International Exhibition opened to great fanfare at noon on Tuesday 21 July 1887. The Governor, Sir W.C.F. Robinson, arrived to a flourish of trumpets. A procession of dignitaries entered the hall to the national anthem. Addresses were read, a choir sang, the Queen was cheered and the national anthem was sung again. The exhibition was now open to the general public, who were charged 1s to enter, with children under 14 half price. Season tickets were also available. The exhibition included 296,720 feet of floor space and 73,893 feet of wall space. 200 jurors assessed the entries, under the superintendence of Dr Rennie, Professor at the University of Adelaide. Awards were presented to prize winners at an evening ceremony on 30 November. Rolls of awards were presented to the representatives of each country, rather than to the large numbers of individual winners. On-going entertainments were offered to visitors during the course of the exhibition. 789,672 people visited the exhibition, more than twice Adelaide's population of 309,820. The exhibition closed on 6 January 1888, again to rousing renditions of the national anthem. - Description:
- A large bronze prize medal (75 mm diameter), it features a profile portrait head of Queen Victoria crowned and wearing a long veil facing left and a wreath of Australian native flowers, fruits and vegitables. Stored in case with ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL / JUBILEE / EXHIBITION 1887 on top and TECHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM printed inside the top.
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 75 mm (Diameter) |
| Dimension Comment: | Weight > 100 g. |
More information
| Tagged with: | celebrations, exhibitions, queen victoria golden jubilee 1887, royal anniversaries, adelaide exhibition |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection, HM Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Ernst August Altmann, Jeweller & Engraver (circa 1850-1920) |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Commemorative |
| Tertiary Classification: | exhibitions |
| Series: | Australian Exhibition Prize Medals |
| DateEra: | 1887 AD |
| Obverse Description: | At centre, profile portrait head of Queen Victoria crowned and wearing a long veil facing left; around, ADELAIDE JUBILEE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION . MDCCCLXXXVII E.A. ALTMANN . MELBOURNE in tiny letters under bust |
| Reverse Description: | Within wreath of Australian native flowers, fruits and vegitables; FIRST ORDER / OF / MERIT |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: ADELAIDE JUBILEE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION . MDCCCLXXXVII around bust E.A. ALTMANN . MELBOURNE in tiny letters under bust Reverse: FIRST ORDER / OF / MERIT within wreath of Australian native flowers, fruits and vegitables On case: ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL / JUBILEE / EXHIBITION 1887 Inside Case: TECHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM |
| Material: | Bronze |
| Issued By: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1887 |
| Artist: | Ernst Altmann, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
| Awarded To: | Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1887 Then known as the Technological Museum |
| Person Depicted: | HM Queen Victoria |
| References: |
Car. 1887/5 Several publications were issued in association with the Exhibition. The following are held by the State Library of Victoria: Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, 1887; South Australia in 1887: a handbook for the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition; Report of the Royal Commission for the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition of 1887 to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty; Official catalogue of exhibits from the colony, forwarded to the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, Adelaide, 1887; Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition cantata; Ceremonial to be observed on the occasion of the opening of the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, 21st June, 1887. |
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Comments
I have a small bronze medallion of aprox 1.5 Centimeters in diameter that is meant to be worn on a necklace or wrist chain that has the same picture as shown on the Adelaide medalion. The wording is different "VICTORIA'S JUBILEE 1887. On the reverse it has a picture of a building with "ADELAIDE EXIBITION" underneath. Was this sold as a keepsake to those who visited the event?