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| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1857 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBERS 1725 - 1796 |
| Reverse description | Detailed architectural elevation of Somerset House, London, rendered in fine engraved relief, showing the neoclassical façade with rusticated arches on the ground floor and a colonnaded piano nobile surmounted by a sculptural group and balustrade. Below the building, the legend SOMERSET HOUSE / 1781 appears in bold lettering, with SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS R.A. ARCHITECT inscribed in a curved line along the lower field. The engraver's signature B. WYON appears beneath the building. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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