Irish Coins & Historical Medals

Carmichael School of Anatomy, MEDICINE and SURGERY, a bronzed electrotype medal by W.A. Fagan, bust of Richard Carmichael left, rev. legend, 38mm (BHM 2353; Storrer 562; BDM VII, 2). Good very fine and very rare £40-£60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Irish Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: Baldwin Auction 37, 5 May 2004, lot 1740 (part).

The Carmichael School was established in 1826 as the “school of anatomy, medicine and surgery of the Richmond Hospital”, and renamed in 1849, following the death of Richard Carmichael, its first lecturer, who left £10,000 to the Hospital of which £2,000 was allocated to prizes