Society of Arts, Mercury and Minerva Medal
Society of Arts, Mercury and Minerva Medal, silver medal, 1796, by T. Pingo, Britannia seated is conferred with honours by Mercury and Minerva, ARTS AND COMMERCE PROMOTED/ SOCIETY INST. LONDON MDCCLIV, rev. an open wreath, MISS GILBERT MDCCC111 / FOR / PAINTING, 44 mm (MI 684/401; Allen 2). Extremely fine. £Sold
This is the first premium medal of the Royal Society of Arts and was awarded in gold and silver for work in arts, manufactures and commerce. It was designed by James "Athenian" Stuart.
Miss Mary Ann Gilbert of Devonshire Street, Portland Place is listed in the prizes for "The Polite Arts" as winning a silver medal for a view of St. Mark's Square in Venice.
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