National Medal for Success in Art
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1900
Bronze medal with profile portrait of Queen Victoria. During his time as a student, he won several awards given by the Department of Science and Art including the aforementioned Owen Jones Prize as well as two National Medals for Success in Art, a bronze in 1898 and a silver in 1900.
The Owen Jones Prize was established in 1878 by the Council of the Society of the Arts as the trustees of the sum of £400, presented to them by the Owen Jones Memorial Committee. The winner of the prize had to produce something that was designed in accordance with Jones’s principals of design. The prize was administered by the Science and Art Department based on the results of its annual competition and consisted of a bound copy of Owen Jones’s ‘Principals of Designs’, a bronze medal and a sum of money.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Diameter 51 mm
- Materials and techniques
- Cast bronze
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Britain
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O1790460
- Museum object number
- E.139-2025
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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