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Summary
India Bengal
Medal - Bengal Photographic Society 1874 (AD)
Mint: London
Awarded to: Noone, J.
Other Details: This is one of a group of exhibition prize medals won by the Melbourne photographer J Noone in the 1870s and 1880s. Most of his medals were won in Australia but he was also successful in London and at the Bengal Photographic Society exhibition of 1874.
Obverse Description
India seated holding flower and book; on seat, J.S. & A.B. WYON SC.
Reverse Description
Inscribed within wreath, FOR WORKS OF ART / TO / J.NOONE / 1874; around, BENGAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY +
Edge Description
Plain
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Purchase from Spink Noble Numismatics, 13 Nov 1991
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Date Issued
1874 AD
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Issued By
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Mint
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Artist
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Artist
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Awarded To
John Noone, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1874
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Inscriptions
Plain (edge) India seated holding flower and book; on seat, J.S. & A.B. WYON SC. (obverse) Inscribed within wreath, FOR WORKS OF ART / TO / J.NOONE / 1874; around, BENGAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY + (reverse)
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Series
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Material
Silver
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Exhibition Collection Management
4 mm (Length), 51 mm (Outside Diameter)
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Shape
Round
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References
[Article] Pryde, Pam. 2006. John Noone, Government Photo-lithographer, 1861-1888. Script & Print: Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand. 30 (1): 31-38.
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