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The Jelf Medal
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Obverse: Relief profile portrait bust of balding man facing right; above, "IN HON RIC GUL JELF S.T.R.", below, "AMICI COLLEGAE DISCIPULI"
Reverse: Armorial shield of the royal arms, (as used from 1816-1837), within a border incscibed with the motto of the Order of the Garter; above the shield the royal crest rests upon a book in turn resting on a cushion; the supporters are to l. a draped female holding a staff with a cross, to r. a robed male holding a book; they stand upon a decorative brakcet with at bottom a ribbon inscr. "SANCTE ET SAPIENTER"; to right, "COLL", top, "REG", left "LOND"
Department of Modern & Contemporary Art
David N. Silich Gift to Harvard University Art Museum 5.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Corina and David Silich-von Schulthess in memory of Dr. Leo Mildenberg
Title: The Jelf Medal
Description:
Obverse: Relief profile portrait bust of balding man facing right; above, "IN HON RIC GUL JELF S.
T.
R.
", below, "AMICI COLLEGAE DISCIPULI"
Reverse: Armorial shield of the royal arms, (as used from 1816-1837), within a border incscibed with the motto of the Order of the Garter; above the shield the royal crest rests upon a book in turn resting on a cushion; the supporters are to l.
a draped female holding a staff with a cross, to r.
a robed male holding a book; they stand upon a decorative brakcet with at bottom a ribbon inscr.
"SANCTE ET SAPIENTER"; to right, "COLL", top, "REG", left "LOND".
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