Medal — Medal of the First Duke of Northumberland, England, 1766
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1766
Medal in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 1776-1877), made in England, dated 1766, attributed to Kirk, John. The museum's brief description reads: Medal, silver, of Hugh Percy, First Duke of Northumberland (1714-1786) and Alnwick Castle, by John Kirk, 1766.
Museum description: Obverse: profile head of Sir Hugh Smithson, Bart., who assumed the name of Percy, and was created 1st Duke of Northumberland. Reverse: a view of Alnwick Castle. The museum records it as Silver, measuring Diameter 43 mm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Historical context
The medal commemorate the restoration of Alnwick Castle in 1766, when Hugh Percy was also made First Duke of Northumberland. Two years earlier, on 5th June 1764, the then Earl and Countess of Northumberland organised the King's birthday celebration at Alnwick CAstle with grand illuminations. The date on the medal may refer to this event.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Dimensions
- Diameter 43 mm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Silver
- Maker recorded
- Kirk, John
- Place recorded
- England
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- 'HU . PERCY DUKE OF NOR. 1764' [signed] 'J Kirk F'; 'ALNWICK CASTLE RESTORED, MDCCLXVI' [signed] 'J KIRK F'
Identification
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- 1776-1877
- Museum system number
- O176341
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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