Queen Caroline Watering a Young Palm Tree Grove [reverse]

1736

John Sigismund Tanner

Medalist, English, born Germany, active 1728 - 1775

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    silver

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 3.88 cm (1 1/2 in.)
    gross weight: 20.5 gr (0.045 lb.)
    axis: 12:00

  • Accession

    2002.146.17.b

Associated Artworks

Minerva (Jernegan's Lottery Medal) [obverse]

John Sigismund Tanner

1736

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 2002 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1969

  • Hawkins, Edward. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II. 2 vols. London, 1969: 2:517-518, no. 72.

2007

  • Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 946, repro.

Inscriptions

in exergue: CAROLINE PROTECTING / 1736; around top circumference: GROWING ARTS ADORN EMPIRE.

Wikidata ID

Q63861893

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