Queen Victoria depicted on a commemorative medallion.
Category
Photographs
Date
1887
Materials
Metal
Measurements
4 mm (Depth); 33 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521154
Summary
Miniature carbon print depicting Queen Victoria, on a commemorative medallion. The image is a head and shoulders portrait of Queen Victoria, within a gold coloured, 8-pointed star shaped medallion. There is a metal loop at the top, for a chain. On the reverse of the medallion is engraved a wreath within which are the words: "Jubilee Year 1887".
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986.