H. Grant

Date:: 1897

Reference:: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/52/32

Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: H. Grant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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3173 Henry Ireton, Cromwell’s son-in-law, and Deputy in Ireland, 1650, copper, 1°2 by 1°15, with silver rim and loop, QVID. TIBI. RETRIBVAM., Bust of Ireton to left, long hair, and un- draped, below T. S. 1650; rev. IVSTITIA. NECESSITAS., etc., a soldier climbing up a rock and firing a cottage, a battle in the distance (vol. 1., *§4),a very fine cast, extremely rare and beautifully executed, by Thos. Simon; Another, a modern chasing, silver, 1°25 by Stuart, with inscription on edge (203) Spink, £10 3174 Oliver Cromwell as Captain-General of the Army of the Par- liament, 1560, gold, 1°45, by Thos. Simon, OLI. CROMWEL. MILIT. PARL, DVX. GEN., bust three-quarters right, with plain. falling collar, armour, and fringed mantle, reverse plain (vol. 1., °8), unpublished in this metal (204) SAzzk, £30 Ios. 3175 Naval Reward, 1650, oval, silver, ‘95 by °85, by Thos. Simon, MERVISTI., two shields, one bearing St. George’s Cross, and the other the Irish harp suspended from the beams of an anchor, on which is inscribed T. s., the whole encircled by the cable; rev. the Parliament assembled in one house with the Speaker (vol. i, %%°), an extremely fine little medal, and very rare, struck in 1650 by order of the Par- liament as a reward for naval services (207) Spink, £12 3176 Dunbar Medal, 1650, silver, 1°45 by 1°2, by Thos. Simon, THE LORD OF HOSTS, worD AT DUNBAR SEPTEM Y 3, 1650, bust of Cromwell to left, with long hair, plain falling collar, armour, and scarf festooned on the breast, on trun- cation THO. SIMON. FE; rev. the Parliament assembled in one house with the Speaker (vol. i., 4°), a very fine and rare original, pierced, and with ring for suspension (208) Lamplough, £12 3177 Naval Reward, 1653, known as the “ Blake” Medal, gold, 1°5 by 1°45, with loop and ring, but without border, by Thos. Simon, three shields, one bearing St. George's cross for England, another St. Andrew's Cross for Scotland, and another with the harp, for Ireland, suspended from the beams of an anchor, the whole encircled by a cable attached to the anchor ; rev. Naval engagement, in the foreground is a sinking ship, on the stern of which is the artist’s name, SIMON, and on the prow of another T. Ss. (vol. i. 4%), a magnificent piece of medallic art, and of extreme rarity, struck by order of the Parliament as a naval reward, to be issued amongst the captains of the ships engaged. From the Hamilton, Saunders and Addington Collections (215) Spink, £240 3178 Naval Reward, 1653, silver, 1°9, bust three-quarters right, with ruff, figured armour, and fringed scarf; rev. Naval action. as before, but on the stern of the sinking ship, A. SIMON (vol. i., 4%), a fine and rare modern chasing by Stuart, of good merit, with laurel border on both sides, and loop (216) Spink, £9 58. 3179 Martin Harpertzoon Tromp, Dutch Admiral, on his death, 1653, silver, 2°8, by P. van Abeele, MART. HERP. TROMP., etc., bust of the Admiral three-quarters right in plain falling