Medal of Alexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales
medalist
Feodora Gleichen
(London, 1861 - 1922, London)
subject
Alexandra, Queen consort of Great Britain
(Danish, 1844 - 1925)
Date1888
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumBronze
Dimensions7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsMedals and Medallions
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM33w1
eMuseum ID717542
EmbARK ObjectID19715
TMS Source ID6926
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesPhilip Attwood. "The Slade Girls." 'The British Numismatic Journal 56 (1986), p. 157, 173, no. 60.
MarksNotesInscribed (obverse): ALEXANDRA WALLIAE PRINCIPISSA
Signed (obverse, under the shoulder): FG
Signed (obverse, under the shoulder): FG
ProvenanceNotesPossibly cast as a commemorative medal of the 1888 silver jubilee of Princess Alexandra's marriage to the Prince of Wales.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Feodora Gleichen through the novelist and poet Charles Hamilton Aidé (1826–1906) for £2 on 7 July 1894.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Feodora Gleichen through the novelist and poet Charles Hamilton Aidé (1826–1906) for £2 on 7 July 1894.
