The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals

ENGLAND, Charles Leslie, 1870, a copper medal by A.B. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. a scene from Tristram Shandy in which Uncle Toby, sat on a bench, looks into the eye of the Widow Wadman at left, being detail from Leslie’s painting The Sentry Box, 55mm, 123.55g (Beaulah 19; BHM 2911; BM Acq. 1983-7, 20; BDM VI, 575; E 1608). Extremely fine
£80-£100

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

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Charles Robert Leslie (1794-1859) was an English genre painter.