ENGLAND, William Mulready, 1877, a bronze medal by G.G. Adams for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. farming couple, a detail from Mulready’s painting The Haymakers, 56mm, 86.64g (Beaulah 24; BHM 3037; BDM I, 24; E 1657; cf. Baldwin 114, 545; cf. BSJ 52, 118; cf. Noonans 343, 111). Extremely fine £90-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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William Mulready (1786-1863), b Ennis, co Clare, genre painter best known for his scenes of rural life, also designed the first penny postage envelope, 1840