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commemorative portrait medal with profile of John Wesley

Commemorative Portrait medal 1836 with half length profile of John Wesley facing 3/4 front left. The obverse profile is in the manner of John Jackson RA (1778-1831) portrait (1927) engraved by T A Dean. John Wesley is wearing a cassock and gown with preaching bands coming from the top of a cravat. He is preaching from a pulpit with his right hand slightly raised above a book (Bible) which is resting open on a cushion with a fringe. His left hand fingers are between the pages of the book. There is a paper marking a place in the right hand pages. The reverse has an inscription in straight lines.

Category: medal

Production Date: 1836-

Material Part: white metal

Produced by: Ottley, John

Inscription:

impressed - on obverse in a semicircle around and over the profile

The Rev. John Wesley .A.M. NAT. 1703 OBt 1791 Ottley. What God has wrought.

Measurements:

diameter
height 45mm
diameter
width 45mm

Object Number: 2008-087e

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