Description

Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold Medal 1838 (awarded 1853), 67.13 g. Harrow School, Isabella-Gregory-Prize Medal for Latin. By W. Wyon. Façade of the building. In exergue: STET FORTVNA DOMVS. Rv. Legend in eight lines within wreath: IN MEMORIAM ISABELLAE CONJUGIS RICARDUS GREGORY HARROVIENSIS HARROVIENSIBUS PROPOSUIT M . S . MDCCCXXXVIII. Edge engraving: JOHN WALLACE ROZIER. 1853. 45.6 mm. Eimer -. BHM -. Sehr selten / Very rare. Vorzüglich-FDC / About Uncirculated. Kleine Kratzer / Tiny scratches.

From the auction Künker 182-187, Osnabrück, March 2011, lot 7733.

Richard Gregory donated this gold medal weighing 10 guineas in November 1838 in memory of his first wife Isabella. It was to be awarded annually to pupils of the Harrow School in north-west London, a school steeped in tradition, for the composition of Latin prose. Gregory also endowed scholarships for Harrow pupils to study Latin at Cambridge and Oxford. The school's most famous pupil was Winston Churchill.