Art Union of London Commemorative Platter. The bronze platter, which is 12 inches in diameter, contains nine medallion portraits of Inigo Jones, Christopher Wren, Thomas Gainsborough, and other worthies. Private collection. Inscription on outer rim: “Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime and departing leave behind us footprints on the sands of time.”
[Links on the artist's name or object take you to material about them on this site. ••• = No images on this site; copy in British Museum]
| Anonymous | Joshua Reynolds (obv) Putti (rev) | --- | Medallion | |
| 1843 | W. Wyon | Francis Chantrey (obv) Chantrey’s Memorial to Watt (rev) | 54mm | Medallion |
| 1845 | A. J. Stothard | Joshua Reynolds (obv) Infant Hercules (rev) | 58mm | Medallion |
| 1846 | Benjamin Wyon (begun by W. Wilson | Sir Christopher Wren (obv) St. Pauls (rev) | 58mm | Medallion |
| 1846 | Anonymous | Scene of a murder | ||
| 1848 | John Milton | L’Allegro and Il Penseroso | Book | |
| 1848 | Leonard Charles Wyon. | William Hogarth and The Election | Book | |
| 1849 | C. F. Carter | Inigo Jones | 54mm | Medallion |
| 1851 | Oliver Goldsmith | The Traveller | Illustrated book | |
| 1851 | Anonymous | Tazza (Classical Figures including Hercules) | 5" high x 16" wide | Cast iron |
| 1854 | Henry Weigall | John Flaxman (obv) God carrying Goddess (rev) | Medallion | |
| 1855 | Copeland (manufacturer) | Clytie | 28 cm. high | Parian ware bust |
| 1855 | Lord Byron | Childe Harold | Illustrated book | |
| 1857 | Wyon | William Chambers (obv) Somerset House (rev) | 55 mm. | Medallion |
| 1858 | L. C. Wyon | Thomas Banks (obv) Nude male (rev) | 56 mm. | Medallion |
| 1859 | E. Ortner | Thomas Gainsborough (obv) The Wood Gatherers (rev) | 54 mm. | Medallion |
| 1859 | Haynes | Mother’s Hope | ||
| 1859 | Anonymous | Roslyn Chapel | ||
| 1860 | George Gammon Adams | Thomas Lawrence (obv) Duke of Wellington (rev) | 56 mm. | 56 mm. |
| 1860 | W. J. Linton | Thirty Pictures by Deceased British Artists | Book | |
| 1861 | C. Delpech | Apollo | 47 cm. h | Parian bust on alabaster stand |
| 1861 | Leonard C. Wyon | Sir David Wilkie (obv) Group of men around table (rev) | 55 mm. | Medallion |
| 1862 | Robert Jefferson | The Fall of the Rebel Angels | 8 ¼ inches | Parianware |
| 1862 | Leopold Wiener | Sir Charles Barry (obv) House of Parliament (rev) | 59.5 mm. | Medallion |
| 1862 | Anonymous | Prince Albert Commemoration | ||
| 1863 | Anonymous | Young Girls | ||
| 1863 | Joseph Durham | Go to Sleep [Copeland manft., repeated 1864 & '65] | 18 inches | Parianware |
| 1863 | Alfred Lord Tennyson | Idylls of the King | Illustrated book | |
| 1864 | Joseph Shepherd Wyon | John Bacon (obv) Bacon’s statue of Samuel Johnson | 55 mm. | Medallion |
| 1865 | J. Barkentin | Trophy | 27mm h. | Electroplated vase on marble plinth with twin figural handles and ovoid body |
| 1866 | W. Wilson | Benjamin West (obv) Death of Wolfe at Quebec (rev) | 54.8 mm. | Medallion |
| 1866 | Daniel Maclise | Norman Conquest | 20" x 9" | Illustrated book |
| 1867 | George Gammon Adams | William Dyce (obv) Christ with Sheep (rev) | 57 mm. | Medallion |
| 1868 | Leonard C. Wyon | Sir Richard Westmacott (obv) Charity (rev) | 55 mm. | Medallion |
| 1870 | A.B. Wyon | C.R. Leslie (obv) The Sentry Box from Tristram Shandy (rev) | 55 mm. | Medallion |
| 1872 | George Gammon Adams | William Etty (obv) Venus and Cupid Descending (rev) | 57 mm. | Medallion |
| 1874 | Joseph Sheppard Wyon | John Gibson, RA (obv) Nude male with dog (rev) | 55 mm. | Medallion |
| 1875 | G. Morgan | David Roberts (obv) Moorish scribe with seated female figure (rev) | 56.4 mm. | Medallion |
| 1876 | Leonard C. Wyon | Joseph Mallord William Turner (obv)••• The Fighting Temeraire Being Towed to Her Last Berth (rev) | 55.1 mm. | Medallion |
| 1876 | Daniel Maclise | Death of Nelson | ||
| 1877 | George Gammon Adams | William Mulready (obv) The Haymakers (rev) | 55 mm. | Medallion |
| 1878 | A.B. Wyon | Daniel Maclise (obv) The Play Scene from Hamlet (rev)••• | 55.2 mm. | Medallion |
| 1878 | E. B. Stephens | Little Boat Builder | 45.7 cm. | Parian ware statue |
| 1878 | W. Hamo Thornycroft, executed by J.A. Hatfield | A Warrior Bearing a Wounded Youth from the Field of Battle | 67.3 cm. | [bronze?] |
| 1879 | G. Morgan | David Cox (obv) Man on horse with pack animals from “Crossing the Sand” & “Lancaster Sand” | 56 mm. | Medallion |
| 1880 | Leonard C. Wyon | Thomas Stothard (obv) The Canterbury Pilgrims (rev) | 55.3 mm. | Medallion |
| 1882 | A(lred) B(enjamin) Wyon | E. H. Baily (obverse) Eve at the Fountain (reverse) | 55 mm. | Medallion |
| 1884 | George Gammon Adams | Sir G. Gilbert Scott (obv) St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh (rev) | 57 mm. | Medallion |
| 1886 | Scott, Sir Walter, illustrated by Macqoid and Percy | Bridal of Triermain | Illustrated book | |
| 1887 | Sir Alfred Gilbert | Queen Victoria (obv) Art Saileth though Life Faileth (rev) | 63 mm. | Medallion |
| 1896 | Lilian Simpson | Book cover | 10” h x 8” w x 2” d | Hammered silver |
| 1896 | Margaret Giles | Hero | 50 cm. | Bronze statue |
| 1897 | Lilian Simpson | Atalanta | 8” h x 9” w x 5” d | Bronze statuette |
| 1906 | Louis Frederick Roselieb | The Skipping Girl | 175 mm. | Bronze statuette |
| 1905 | Susan Ruth Canton | Hebe | ____ | bronze statuette |
| 1906 | Louis Picault | Work | 12 inches | Metal statuette |
| 1907 | Phoebe Stabler | Mother and child | 24.1 cm. | Statuette Electroplated bronze |
| 1908 | Louis Picault | Post Pugnam (After the Fight) | 12½ inches | Metal statuette |
| 1909 | A. Joliveaux | The Angler | ____ | Bronze statuette |
| 1909 | L. Goyeau | Piping Hot | 8 ¼ inches high | Silvered bronze statuette |
| 1910 | Florence Harriet Steele | Dawn Dispelling Sleep and Night | Plaster plaque | |
| 1910 | Louis Frederick Roselieb | The Archer | Bronze statuette | |
| ——— | ——— | Tazza (dish on base) | 8" diam. | Copper |
| 1912 | Christine M. Stockdale | Untitled Nude | 35 cm. | Bronze statuette |
Bibliography
Beaulah, G. K. “The Medals of the Art Union of London” The British Numismatic Society Journal (1967): 179-85. Web. May 30, 2013.
Last modified 7 June 2019