British Bronze Medal -- Success in Art -- Overnell -- 1893 -- Subject 23c
Diameter -- 2.1 inches approx.
Obverse -- Bust of Queen Victoria. VICTORIA BY THE GRACE OF GOD QUEEN MDCCCLVI
Reverse -- A wreath. NATIONAL MEDAL FOR SUCCESS IN ART AWARDED BY THE SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT
Edge -- THOMAS OVERNELL. SUBJECT 23C. 1893.
Condition -- Good. Some verdigris in the detail. Some edge knocks. No box.
Background -- Thomas John Overnell (1872-1961). Illustrator and designer born in Shoreditch, London. His wife Emily Annabella Overnell, (1870-1915) was also an illustrator.
Subject 23c -- Design Ornament.