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Title
National Medals
Subject
[Medals, Napoleonic Wars, British History, Rulers]
Description
This medal celebrates the reign of King George III of the United Kingdom. Ascending the throne in 1760, King George III rule the realm for some six decades, retaining his popularity despite the loss of the American colonies. He presided over the British triumph over France during the Napoleonic Wars. The last years of his reign were overshadowed by his illness, which required a regency led by his son, the future George IV.
The bronze medal commemorates George III’s reign. The verso features the king’s profile as a classical Greco-Roman character wearing a laurel; inscriptions include “HOC AUSPICE ORBIS SALVIS” (“safety of this world”); “MDCCCXVII,” “Mudie D.,” and “Webb F.”
Date
1817
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[Napoleonic Wars, Medals, British History]
Description
Title page of the National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories, a series of propaganda medals produced in Britain to commemorate the Napoleonic Wars.
Date
1817
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[Napoleonic Wars, Medals, British History, Rulers]
Description
This medal celebrates the reign of King George III of the United Kingdom. Ascending the throne in 1760, King George III rule the realm for some six decades, retaining his popularity despite the loss of the American colonies. He presided over the British triumph over France during the Napoleonic Wars. The last years of his reign were overshadowed by his illness, which required a regency led by his son, the future George IV.
The bronze medal commemorates George III’s reign. The reverse features two Graces dressed in Greco-Roman attire. The woman to the left wears a veil and holds a cross in her right hand and a lion lies at her feet. This character represents religion. She holds the hand of the woman to the right to is seated on a rock holding a cornucopia and a horn.
There are the inscriptions “RELIGIONE. FIDE ET CONSTANTIA’’ translates to ‘’by religion, faith, and consistency,” “MDCCCXVII,” “J. Mudie. D,” and “Depaulis. F.”
Date
1817
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British History, East India Company, Napoleonic Wars]
Description
The reverse of the bronze medal commemorates the British victory at the Battle of Pulo Aura in 1804. The medallion features a god-like character, probably Neptune, seated on a pedestal, wearing a halo or crown, and holding in his right hand a trident and in his left the figure of an angel that symbolizes victory. On the boarder of the medal there are the following inscriptions: “THE FRENCH FLEET REPULSED BY THE E.I. COMPY.,” “XV FEB. MDCCCIV,” “MILLS F.,” and “MUDIE D.”
Date
February 15, 1804
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British History, East India Company]
Description
The verso of the bronze medal commemorates the settlement of the British at Bombay in 1662 and pictures a god-like character resting his elbow on a globe of the earth that primarily displays India and other eastern territories in Asia. The character, probably a depiction of the Roman god Neptune, is holding a British flag in one arm, and in the other a cornucopia. The inscriptions surrounding the character include “SETTLEMENT OF THE BRITISH AT BOMBAY,” “MDCLXII,” “DROZ F.,” and “MUDIE D.”
Date
1662
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[Military Figures, French Revolutionary Wars, British Victories]
Description
The verso of this bronze medallion features a bust of Admiral Earl Howe in decorated military uniform. The following engravings encircle the bust: “EARL HOWE ADM OF THE WHITE K:G:,” “MUDIE D:,” and “W.WYON.F.” The verso of the medallion specifically commemorates the leadership of Howe as he led the British to victory during the Battle of the Glorious First of June.
Date
June 1, 1794
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[French Revolutionary Wars, British History, British Military Victories]
Description
The reverse of the bronze commemorates the British victory during the Battle of the Glorious First of June; it pictures a god-like character, Neptune, standing on the sea with a trident in his left hand and his right arm extended. He rides on a marine cart which consists of two horses with fish tails and fins. Surrounding the scene are the inscriptions “FRENCH FLEET DEFEATED OFF USHANT,” “VII SAIL OF THE LINE CAPTURED 1 JUNE MDCCXCIV,” W.WYON.F.” and “MUDIE.D.”
Date
June 1, 1794
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[French Revolutionary Wars, British History, British Military Victories, Military Figures]
Description
The verso of the bronze medallion specifically commemorates the leadership of Admiral John Jervis and his strategic quality as he led the British forces to victory during the Battle of Cape St. Vincent. The medal pictures a bust of John Jervis with the inscriptions “ADMIRAL EARL ST VINCNT G.C.B.” and “MILLS F.”
Date
February 14, 1797
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British Victories, French Revolutionary Wars, British History, Medals]
Description
This bronze medal commemorates the British victory at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent. The reverse pictures the historic maneuver that Nelson performed by seizing a Spanish ship and using it as a bridge to seize another. The reverse of the medal pictures two Spanish ships being destroyed by Britain, the entity itself, which is depicted as a winged, woman, warrior in the sky. She is wearing traditional Greco-Roman attire and lightning bolts hail from her hands as she destroys the ships beneath her. In exergue, there are the inscriptions “SPANISH FLEET DEFEATED OFF CAPE ST VINCENT,” “XIV. FEBY MDCCLXXXXVII,” “BRENET.F.,” and ‘MUDIE.D.”
Date
February 14, 1797
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British History, French Revolutionary Wars, British Victories, Military Figures]
Description
The verso of this bronze medallion specifically commemorates the leadership quality that Admiral Adam Duncan displayed during the Battle of Camperdown, and pictures Duncan dressed in decorated military uniform. Surrounding the bust are the inscriptions: “ADMV.VISC.DUNCAN.‘’ and “MUDIE. DIR.” and “WEBB.F.”
Date
October 11, 1797
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British History, French Revolutionary Wars, British Victories]
Description
The reverse of this bronze medal commemorates the British victory at the Battle of Camperdown and features Dutch Admiral De Winter surrendering his sword to British Admiral Duncan. Both men are dressed in military uniform; however, Duncan’s uniform is more decorated compared to De Winter’s. De Winter holds his hat in his hand as a sign of defeat as he surrenders his sword to Duncan. In exergue there is a trophy of arms celebrating the British victory and surrounding the scene are the inscriptions “DUTCH FLEET DEFEATED,” “9 SHIPS OF THE LINE CAPTURED,” “11 OCT 1797,” “W. WYON,” and “MUDIE D.”
Date
October 11, 1797
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British History, French Revolutionary Wars, British Victories, Military Figures]
Description
This bronze medal commemorates the British victories that resulted from the leadership of Horatio Nelson. The verso of this medal features a bust of Admiral Nelson and the following inscriptions: “ADM. VISC. NELSON.’’ ‘’K.B.D : OF BRONTE” “WEBB.F.” and “MUDIE. DIR.”
Date
1798-1805
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British History, French Revolutionary Wars, British Victories]
Description
This bronze medal commemorates the British victories at the battles of the Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar. The reverse pictures a female warrior, symbolic of the victorious British entity, dressed in traditional Greco-Roman clothing. In her left hand she holds a trident and, in her right, she holds something like a lightning rod. She stands on a small boat with a lion’s head sculpted on the bow.
Date
1798-1805
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British History, French Revolutionary Wars, Military Figures]
Description
This bronze medal commemorates Admiral Sir Sidney Smith specifically for his leadership quality displayed during the Siege of Acre. The verso of this medallion displays a bust of Admiral Sir Smith in decorated military uniform. Surrounding the bust are the inscriptions “ADMIRAL SIR S SMITH,” “MUDIE D,” and “MILLS F."
Date
May 20, 1799
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British History, French Revolutionary Wars, British Victories]
Description
The reverse of this bronze medallion commemorates the British-Ottoman victory over the French during the Siege of Acre; and features the British lion protecting the Syrian camel from the French panther. In exergue there are the inscriptions “ACRE DEFENDED. BUONAPARTE REPULSED SYRIA SAVED.” “XXth MAY MDCCLXXXXIX” and “BRENET.F.” and “MUDIE.D.”
Date
May 20, 1799
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British History, Napoleonic Wars, British Victory]
Description
This bronze medal commemorates the victorious British conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars. The verso features a young, spry British soldier representative of the strong British military forces. The soldier is dress in highly decorated military uniform which demonstrates the accomplishments of the British forces. Surrounding the soldier is the inscription “NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT,” which translates to “no one provokes me with impunity.” This Latin phrase developed in Scotland when the Scottish were fighting desperately form their liberation from the British; it later became the motto of Scotland. Ironically enough, the British, along with other regions, adopted this phrase as a reminder of strength and resilience.
Date
1815
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British History, French revolutionary Wars, British Victory]
Description
The reverse of this medallion commemorates the surrender of the French forces in Egypt, and it features Major General Hutchinson, on the right, dressed in decorated English military uniform. On the left, the Bey, or governor, of Egypt who is dressed in Ottoman military uniform. The Bey holds his saddled horse in one arm and in the other he reviews a treaty with Hutchinson. Pyramids and ships lay in the background. Above the scene there is the inscription “EGYPT DELIVERED” and, in exergue, there are the inscriptions “SEPT II MDCCCI” “DUPRES F” and “MUDIE D.”
Date
September 2, 1801
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British History, French Revolutionary Wars, British Victories, Military Figures]
Description
The verso of this bronze medal commemorates Hutchinson’s successful military career, especially his victory during the Siege of Alexandria, and features a bust of Hutchinson dressed in decorated military uniform and surrounded by the inscriptions “MAJOR GEN. LORD HUTCHINSPN” “MUDIE.D” and “WEBB.F.”
Date
September 2, 1801
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British History, French Revolutionary Wars, British Victories, Military Figures]
Description
The verso of this medallion commemorates the service of Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Abercromby, specifically his leadership during the Battle of Aboukir. The verso features a bust of Abercromby in decorated military uniform surrounded by the following inscriptions: “LIEUT. GENL. SIR. R. ABERCROMBY’’ ‘’MUDIE DIR:’’ and ‘’WEBB F:”
Date
March 8, 1801
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British History, French Revolutionary Wars, British Victories]
Description
The reverse of this medal commemorated the arrival of the British forces in Egypt after the Battle of Aboukir; it features a majestic stallion representative of the British army standing before the Great Pyramids of Giza. There are the inscriptions “ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH ARMY IN EGYPT” and, in exergue, “8 MARCH 1801.”
Date
March 8, 1801
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[Napoleonic Wars, British Victory, British History]
Description
The reverse of this bronze medal commemorates the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, and it features list of the different countries that the British defended throughout the course of the wars as well as the years that the wars began and ended. Surrounding the list is a decorated wreath. The inscriptions include “MDCCI. EGYPT. PORTUGAL. SPAIN. FRANCE. BELGIUM. MDCCCXV.”
Date
1815
Title
I Carte de L'Itineraire de Perse fait par Herber L'an 1627
Creator
Pierre Du Val
Coverage
Iran
Title
II Carte de L'Itineraire de Perse fait par Herber L'an 1627
Creator
Pierre Du Val
Date
1665
Coverage
Iran
Title
Route ou Itineraire de Goa a Visapour et de Visapour a Dabul; tire de la Relation du Voyage de Mandeslow, fait en l'annee, 1638
Creator
Pierre Du Val
Date
1665
Coverage
India
Title
Louisiana
Creator
Charles Morse
Date
1856
Coverage
Louisiana
Title
Louisiana
Creator
Anthony Finley
Date
1824
Coverage
Louisiana
Title
Plan Routier de la Ville De Paris et de ses Faubourgs
Creator
Jacques Esnauts
Date
1818
Coverage
France, Paris
Title
Johnson's Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana
Creator
Alvin Jewett Johnson
Date
1862
Coverage
[Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana]
Title
Louisiana and part of Arkansas
Creator
Thomas Gamaliel Bradford
Date
1835
Coverage
[Louisiana, Arkansas]
Title
Perse [Persia]
Creator
Conrad Malte-Brun
Date
1812
Coverage
[Iran, Caucasus, Central Asia]
Title
Persia Sive Sophorum Regnum
Creator
Matthaus Merian
Date
1636
Coverage
[Iran, Afghanistan, Arabia, Caucasus, Iraq]
Title
Provinciarum Persicarum Kilaniae nempe Chirvaniea Dagestniae . . .
Creator
Johann Baptist Homann
Date
1720
Coverage
[Iran, Caucasus, Central Asia]
Title
Tabula Asiae VII [Central Asia and Russia]
Creator
Giovanni Antonio Magini
Date
1597
Coverage
[Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan]
Title
Turcicum Imperium. Turckiche Reich. Concordia res parvae crescunt Discordia maximae dilabuntur
Creator
Matthaus Merian
Date
1636
Coverage
[Middle East, Egypt, Arabia, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Caucasus]
Title
Turkey in Asia
Creator
Robert Wilkinson
Date
1794
Coverage
[Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Caucasus, Cyprus, Middle East]
Title
Turquie d'Asie
Creator
Conrad Malte-Brun
Date
1812
Coverage
[Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Middle East, Caucasus, Cyprus]
Title
Persia
Creator
John Pinkerton
Date
1815
Coverage
[Iran, Caucasus, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Iraq]
Title
The Caspian Sea. Khivah and the Surrounding Country Compiled from the best Sources
Creator
John Arrowsmith
Date
1841
Coverage
[Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan]
Title
Persia, Caspian Sea
Creator
Herman Moll
Date
1728
Coverage
[Iran, Central Asia, Caspian Sea]
Title
Title Page, Atlas universel.
Creator
Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles, 1688-1766
Date
1757
Title
Égypte
Creator
Malte-Brun, Conrad, 1775-1826
Date
1812
Coverage
Egypt
Title
A New Map of the British Dominions in North America
Creator
Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784
Date
1763
Coverage
[United States, Canada, North America]
Title
Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi Seu Provinciae Ludovicianae A R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss In America Septentrionali Anno 1687 . . .
Creator
Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Date
1720
Coverage
[North America, United States, Louisiana, Florida]
Title
Angleterre
Creator
Malte-Brun, Conrad, 1775-1826
Date
1812
Coverage
[England, Great Britain, Wales]
Title
Barbarie
Creator
Malte-Brun, Conrad, 1775-1826
Date
1812
Coverage
[Africa, North, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya]
Title
Britannicae Insulae in quibus Albion seu Britannia Major, et Ivernia seu Britannia Minor, juxta Ptolemoei mentem divisae, tum in suas majores partes, tum in populos exhibentur
Creator
Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786
Date
1750
Coverage
[Great Britain, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales]
Title
Carte Contenant Le Royaume Du Mexique Et La Floride, Dressez sur les meilleures observations & sur les Memoires les plus Nouveaux
Creator
Chatelain, Henri Abraham
Date
1719
Coverage
[Western Hemisphere, North America, Central America, Caribbean Area, United States, Mexico, Florida]
Title
Chemin de Moscovie au Cathai dressé sur les Relations des Tartares de Boghar, et sur les observations qu'en ont faites Antoine Jenkinson et Richard Johnson Anglois, en leur voyage de L'an 1598
Creator
Duval, P. (Pierre), 1619-1682
Date
between 1660 and 1680?
Coverage
[Asia, Asia, Central]
Title
Description De L'Empire du Sophi Des Perses tirée en partie de l'Arabe de Nubie, et en partie de plusieurs et diverses Relations . . .
Creator
Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667
Date
1658
Coverage
[Iran, Caucasus, Asia, Central, Iraq]
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