id: 96143 accession number: 1916.1875.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1875.a updated: 2024-03-26 01:56:15.786000 Medal: George, Prince Regent (obverse), 1816. Thomas Wyon Jr. (British, 1792–1817). Bronze; diameter: 5.1 cm (2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1875.a title: Medal: George, Prince Regent (obverse) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1816 creation date earliest: 1816 creation date latest: 1816 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: England, 18th century technique: bronze department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Thomas Wyon Jr. (British, 1792–1817) - artist Thomas Wyon Jr. was the eldest son of Thomas Wyon. He was born in 1792 in Birmingham and educated in London. In 1806, aged 14, he was apprenticed to his father who had moved from Birmingham to London in 1800. Thomas Wyon Jr. was influenced by Nathaniel Marchant and studied at the school of sculpture of the Royal Academy. In 1811 he was appointed Probationer Engraver of the Mint, and was employed in making the dies for Bank Tokens for England and Ireland, and coins for the British Colonies and for Hanover. He became Chief Engraver to the Mint in 1815 and the following year was responsible for the reverse designs of the new halfcrown, shilling and sixpence silver coins and undertook the work of engraving the dies from the models developed by Pistrucci. In 1816, his father Thomas Sr. was also employed at the Royal Mint and in September that year he was appointed Chief Engraver of His Majesty's Seals. --- measurements: Diameter: 5.1 cm (2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: To tame the proud the fetter'd slave to free. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, Cleveland. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1875.a/1916.1875.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1875.a/1916.1875.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1875.a/1916.1875.a_full.tif