2-888-073 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Great Exhibition of 1851 - Prize Medals (£100 each) - Mr. Leonard C. Wyon, 1850. 'Britannia, seated, is placing with one hand a laurel wreath on the head of an emblematical figure of Industry; and leading her forth with the right hand. Behind, are representations of the four quarters of the world, who have brought Industry to Britannia. To the right are emblems of the four sections: 1. The cotton-plant and wheat-sheaf; 2. A wheel; 3. A bale of goods ; 4. A vase. Motto: " Dissociata locis concordi pace ligavit".' From "Illustrated London News", 1850.