Draped bust of Matthew Boulton, with hair in queue, right, two cherubs below, one holding torch, the other a palm branch over a model of the Soho Mint building
Obverse lettering
MATTHEW
BOULTON F.R.S.
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Legend
Reverse lettering
BY THE
SKILFUL EXERTION OF A MIND TUR- NED TO PHILOSOPHY & ME- CHANICS,
THE APPLICATION OF A TASTE CORRECT & REFINED, & AN ARDENT SPIRIT OF
ENTERPRISE, HE IMPROVED, EMBELISHED, & EXTEN- DED THE ARTS &
MANUFACTURES OF HIS COUNTRY; LEAVING HIS ESTABLISH- MENT OF SOHO A
NOBLE MONUMENT OF HIS GENIUS, INDUSTRY & SUCCESS . THE CHARACTER
HIS TALENTS HAD RAI- SED, HIS VIRTUES ADORNED & EXALTED . ACTIVE TO
DISCOVER MERIT, & PROMPT TO RELIEVE DISTRESS . HIS ENCOU- RAGEMENT
WAS LIBERAL, HIS BENE- VOLENCE UNWEARIED . HONOURED & ADMIRED AT
HOME & ABROAD . HE CLOSED A LIFE EMINENTLY USEFUL . THE 17TH AUGUST
1809 AGED 81 . ESTEEMED, LOVED, & LAMENTED.
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
building Script: Latin Lettering: MATTHEW BOULTON F.R.S. Designer: Peter Rouw Reverse Legend Script: Latin Lettering: BY THE SKILFUL EXERTION OF A MIND TUR- NED TO PHILOSOPHY & ME- CHANICS, THE APPLICATION OF A TASTE CORRECT & REFINED, & AN ARDENT SPIRIT
