MK-HH | Scharff, Anton: Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria 1887

Image files are licensed Public Domain Mark 1.0. Hamburger Kunsthalle, ID4301. Photographs by Christoph Irrgang. Medalist: Anton Karl Rudolf Scharff.

Scharff, Anton: Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria 1887
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Inventory no	M-230
Obverse	REGINA ∙ 1837 ✶ VICTORIA ✶ IMPERATRIX ∙ 1887. Staggered bust portraits of Victoria as a young queen with crown and pearl necklace in her dress and as an old empress with crown over a widow's veil, earrings, two necklaces with pendant, ribbon and medal on bows, including the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert and the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, and one in form of a cross, to the left. A laurel branch in front of the busts. The signature A. Scharff on the shoulder. Legend between a border of dots and lineborder.
Sitter	Victoria (1837-1901), queen of the United Kingdom, from 1877 empress of India
Medalist	Anton Karl Rudolf Scharff
Class/status	Private issue
Date	1887 19th century
	Bronze ; 708,85 g; 238 mm
Production	cast
Mint	Vienna
Region	Vienna
Country	Austria
Publications	S. Salaschek, Katalog der Medaillen und Plaketten des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts im französischen und deutschen Sprachraum in der Hamburger Kunsthalle (1980) Nr. 1478; Jahresbericht der Kunsthalle zu Hamburg für 1892, S. 35 Nr. 1; C. Domanig, Anton Scharff, k. u. k. Kammer-Medailleur, NumZ, 26, 1894, S. 286; L. Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists V (1912) S. 364. Vgl. A. R. von Loehr, Wiener Medailleure (1899) S. 22 Nr. 142a (dort andere Größe).
Item	Medal
Department	Medals, 19th century post 1830
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previous Owner	Friedrich von Westenholz
Object number	ID4301
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