Medal of Admiral Vernon Honorand: Admiral Edward Vernon, British, 1684–1757

1741

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Brass

Dimensions

13.76 g, 6:00, 37 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Charles Wyllys Betts, B.A. 1867, M.A. 1871

Accession Number

2001.87.28578

Geography

Made in England

Culture

British

Period

18th century

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: THE SPANISH PRIDE PULLD DOWN BY ADMIRAL VERNON. Vernon on l, facing r, sword in rh, taking sword of Blas de Lezo with lh. Lezo on r, facing l, kneeling, labeled DON BLASS.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: TRUE BRITISH HEROES TOOK CARTHAGENA. In exergue: April 1741. Two ships and a fort in foreground. Two forts linked by a chain-boom in center. One ship behind boom. Town in background.
Provenance
Charles Wyllys Betts, to about 1887; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1887 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Charles Wyllys Betts, American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals, 1964 reprint (New York: Scott Stamp and Coin Company, 1964), 145, no. 330
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

medals

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