FDA-A.2606-2026
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.2606-2026
Object type
Identification
Title
Sir Henry Irving, Actor
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Commemorative medal with Steve Irving (profile, facing left) on obverse; with inscriptions on the reverse
Description
Dimensions
diameter (actual size): 45mm
depth (actual size): 5mm
depth (actual size): 5mm
Inscription
Lettered on obverse, legend: 'HENRY IRVINE'
Lettered on reverse, middle: 'THE / GREATEST ACTOR / OF THE AGE / BORN 1853 / KNIGHTED BY H.M. / QUEEN VICTORIA / 1895 / DIED 1905 / laid to rest in / WESTMINSTER ABBEY'; legend: ''FOR NOW HE LIVES IN FAME THROUGH NOT IN LIFE'
Signed on obverse, lower right: 'J A RESTALL'bR
Lettered on reverse, middle: 'THE / GREATEST ACTOR / OF THE AGE / BORN 1853 / KNIGHTED BY H.M. / QUEEN VICTORIA / 1895 / DIED 1905 / laid to rest in / WESTMINSTER ABBEY'; legend: ''FOR NOW HE LIVES IN FAME THROUGH NOT IN LIFE'
Signed on obverse, lower right: 'J A RESTALL'bR
Materials & techniques note
Bronze
Production
Person
Restall, James Andrew, 1859 - 1938 (Medallist)
Date
1905
History and association
Associated object
FDA-A.1065-2020 (associated object)
