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Medal - Victoria Royal Irish Art Union, bronze

Location Ireland
Year 1840
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Edge Plain
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Obverse description Draped bust of the Very Reverend Henry Richard Dawson left, wearing clerical attire with a pendant cross, in high relief. The peripheral legend names the subject and his title, and the engraver's signature W. WOODHOUSE FECIT appears in the lower field.
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Reverse description Allegorical scene depicting three mourning figures — a standing male figure holding a scroll, a kneeling draped female figure with a child, and a standing female figure bowing her head — grouped around a funerary monument or cinerary urn on a pedestal. Attributes including a basket and a vase are visible at lower right. The engraver's signature WOODHOUSE F and the mint location DUBLIN appear on the inner rim. The date inscription in Roman numerals is in the lower exergue.
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