Commemorative medal: John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton de Gyfford (1786-1869)
Category
Coins and medals
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
1.75 in (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 429263
Summary
Bronze medal to J. Hobhouse. Obverse with head facing right, inscribed 'I. C. Hobhouse Esq. M.A F.R.S.' Reverse inscribed 'The / ardent and esteemed / advocate / of the / freedom of the subject / the / liberty of the press / and the / constitutional rights / of his countrymen / who has / proved himself undaunted / amid the attacks / of arbitrary / power'.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs Hull Grundy, 1978
Marks and inscriptions
'The / ardent and esteemed / advocate / of the / freedom of the subject / the / liberty of the press / and the / constitutional rights / of his countrymen / who has / proved himself undaunted / amid the attacks / of arbitrary / power' (reverse)