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Medal - Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition, Bronze Prize, Specimen, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Reg. No: NU 16457
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- Summary:
- Australia
International Exhibition Bronze Prize Medal, 1888 1888 (AD)
Mint: Melbourne
Other Details: An unissued specimen bronze prize medal of the Centennial International Exhibition featuring a bust of Queen Victoria facing left wearing crown and veil and a Victor's wreath of wattle and oak around the Southern Cross and the motto in Latin "To the deserving arts, distinguished honour". The 1888 Centennial International Exhibition, celebrating a century of Australian settlement, surpassed even the grand scale of the1880 Melbourne International Exhibition. It attracted over two million people, but the Victorian government had to spend £250 000 on it, ten times the amount estimated. The exhibition had a distinctively imperial focus, and a greater emphasis on culture than in 1880, particularly on music and painting. A choir of five thousand sang music old and new, and half a million people attended symphony concerts. There were over three thousand paintings on display, including works by artists like J.M.W. Turner and C. Lutyens. The Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens was lit inside and out by electric lights, claimed to be the largest installation of arc lighting in the world. - Description:
- The bronze medal of the Centennial International Exhibition featuring a bust of Queen Victoria facing left wearing crown and veil and a Victor's wreath of wattle and oak around the Southern Cross and the motto in Latin "To the deserving arts, distinguished honour".
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 76 mm (Diameter) |
| Dimension Comment: | Weight > 100 g |
More information
| Tagged with: | exhibitions |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection, Royal Mint, Melbourne Branch, Melbourne, Victoria, HM Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales, Melbourne Mint, Medal Makers, Victoria, Australia, Deputy Masters of the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint, Deputy Masters of the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint, Closure of Melbourne Mint, Melbourne Mint during World War II, Establishment of Melbourne Mint, 1872, Melbourne Mint |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Civil |
| Tertiary Classification: | melbourne centennial exhibition 1888-1889 |
| Series: | Australian Exhibition Medals |
| DateEra: | 1888 AD |
| Obverse Description: | Bust of Queen Victoria facing left wearing crown and veil ; around, CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION MELBOURNE |
| Reverse Description: | Around below wreath, MELBOURNE MINT MDCCCLXXXVIII STOKES AND MARTIN SC. within wreath around Southern Cross, ARTIBUS DIGNUS HONOR INSIGNIS |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Crowned bust of Queen Victoria left, around, CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION MELBOURNE (obverse) At centre a poorly formed southern cross; around, ARTIBUS DIGNIS HONOR INSIGNIS; around is a wreath of wattle and oak leaves; below, MDCCCLXXXVIII (reverse) |
| Shape: | round |
| Material: | Bronze |
| Issued By: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Mint: | Melbourne (Mint), 1888 |
| Designer: | George Anderson - Royal Mint, Melbourne |
| Engraver: | Stokes & Martin (Mint) |
| Person Depicted: | HM Queen Victoria |
| References: | Car. 1888/8 bronze |
Themes
This item is part of the following themes:
- Public Life & Institutions Collection
- Royal Mint, Melbourne Branch, Melbourne, Victoria
- HM Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
- Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales
- Melbourne Mint, Medal Makers, Victoria, Australia
- Deputy Masters of the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint
- Deputy Masters of the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint
- Closure of Melbourne Mint
- Melbourne Mint during World War II
- Establishment of Melbourne Mint, 1872
- Melbourne Mint
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