Victoria, Visit to the City of London
Victoria, Visit to the City of London, bronze medal, 1837, by W. Wyon, diademed bust of Victoria left, rev. facade of the Guildhall, IN HONOUR OF HER MAJESTY'S VISIT/ TO THE CORPORATION OF LONDON/ 9TH NOV:1837, 55 mm (BHM 1775), Extremely fine. £Sold
This William Wyon portrait of Queen Victoria was the one used as the bust on the Penny Black stamp.
The committee minute book records on 11th December that William Wyon was authorized to strike one example in gold for presentation to the Queen, 120 examples in silver and 350 in bronze. It is further recorded that ten mounted examples were presented, eight of them to members of the Royal family who attended the function.
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