Commemorative Silver Medal

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Title

Commemorative Silver Medal

Subject

Lord Byron

Description

Silver plate medal of Byron in partial profile marked "Lord Byron" on the left, and "1788-1824" on the right, set in recessed dark blue velvet with a purple ribbon pull. Inside the top cover of presentation box, stamped in gilt on white cloth it says, "The bicentenary of the poet Byron's birth January 22nd 1788," followed by lines from Shelley's Adonais calling Byron "the pilgrim of Eternity."

Date

1988

Rights

Byron Society Collection. Drew University Library: Special Collections.

Format

Box: 2H x 7.8W x 7.8L cm Medal: 4.5 diameter cm

Type

Commemorative Medal in presentation box

Identifier

Yount 014

Citation

“ Commemorative Silver Medal,” Drew University Library Special Collections, accessed November 23, 2024, http://omeka.drew.edu/items/show/1513.