A SET OF SIR EDWARD THOMASON'S 'ELGIN MEDALS'
CIRCA 1820-30
Each cast in bronze and presented in the original green straight-grained morocco folio elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, including central pierced gilt-bronze medallion cast with King George IV in profile to sinister, and with inscription 'His Majesty King George IV Patron of the Arts', now lacking the accompanying descriptive booklet
17¼ x 13½ in. (44 x 34 cm.) overall
A SET OF SIR EDWARD THOMASON'S 'ELGIN MEDALS'
CIRCA 1820-30
Each cast in bronze and presented in the original green straight-grained morocco folio elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, including central pierced gilt-bronze medallion cast with King George IV in profile to sinister, and with inscription 'His Majesty King George IV Patron of the Arts', now lacking the accompanying descriptive booklet
17¼ x 13½ in. (44 x 34 cm.) overall
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