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Description: | OBV: Mercury holding basin, with Pegasus and flames
Leg: J. NOEL PATON R.S.A. DEL / BENJ. WYON SC. [exergue]
REV: laurel wreath, with tripod and laurel branch in centre
Leg: ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF PAINTING SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE [around tripod]; INSTI 1826 INCOR 1838 [either side of tripod]
EDGE: JAMES MACNEILL WHISTLER ELECTED HONORARY MEMBER MCMII
[punched] ISSU ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY MANU WYON, B DES PATON, J Noel This is one of a group of medals awarded to the artist James McNeill Whistler (1834 - 1903). See also 53554 - 66, 53569 and 53585. Birnie Philip Gift, 1935, not lendable. Label: In 1902, at least ten years after it had first been mooted, Guthrie, by then the President of the Royal Scottish Academy, offered Whistler honorary membership, symbolised by this medal. This honour followed on from the Glasgow Art Club, who had made Whistler an honorary member in 1900. In 1903, Guthrie's friendship with the Principal of Glasgow University was instrumental in the University conferring on Whistler the honorary degree of Doctor of Law. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | MEDAL : WHISTLER CENTENARY : ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY : SCOTTISH 19TH CENTURY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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