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Britannia giving coins to Science and the Arts
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Enameled copper
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Irwin Untermyer 1964
exterior engraved by Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder (Engraver)
exterior possibly designed by James Gwim (Designer)
interior portrait of Henry Boyle possibly by Robert Hancock (Engraver)
interior portrait of Henry Boyle after mezzotint by John Brooks, Irish, ca. 1710–after 1756 London (Engraver)
interior portrait of Henry Boyle possibly after Jean Baptiste Van Loo (Artist)
York House (Manufactory)
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