Service of Thanksgiving for Recovery of Prince of Wales medal
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 3 1/16 in. (78 mm)
Classification
Medals and Plaquettes
Culture
British
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2003
Accession Number
2003.406.8
Tags
Art Historical Context
This bronze medal, struck in 1872 by British medallists Joseph Shepherd Wyon and J. B. Wyon, commemorates the national Service of Thanksgiving held at St. Paul’s Cathedral to celebrate the recovery of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII). After a near-fatal bout typhoid fever in late 1, the prince’s survival widespread relief across Britain, and Queen Victoriawhose likeness appears among the medal’s portraits—used the occasion to reaffirm public loyalty to the monarchy during a period of political and social change. Measuring just over three inches in diameter, the work belongs t...
About the Artist
Joseph Shepherd Wyon|J. B. Wyon · 1836–1873
British, London 1836–1873 Winchester|British