Rev. Inscription, NATUS AN. M.DC.LXXII. MISTON VILTONIAE IN ANGLIA OBIIT AN M.DCC.XIX. (Born, 1672, at Miston in Wiltshire, in England; died, 1719.) Ex. SERIES NUMISMATICA UNIVER SALIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM M.DCCC.XXIII. DURAND EDIDIT. 1.6. MB. Æ. One of the series of medals of illustrious personages of all countries struck in Paris. (See No. 1, Vol. I. p. 4.) Joseph Addison, poet, statesman, and essayist, born 1 May, 1672, educated at Charterhouse and Oxford, was appointed Under-Secretary of State in 1706, and in 1709 went to Ireland as Secretary to the Marquess of Wharton. On the death of Queen Anne, Addison served as Secretary to the Regency, and in 1717, when Stanhope became Prime Minister, he was appointed one of the Secretaries of State. He died at Holland House, 17 June, 1719. 51. MARRIAGE OF JAMES (III.), ELDER PRETENDER, AND Busts conjoined, r., of James and Clementina. He, hair long, is in armour, mantle, and riband across the breast; she, hair confined by pearls and bandeau and flowing over the shoulders, wears loose mantle. Leg. IACOB. III. R. CLEMENTINA Rev. Hercules, leaning on his club, takes the hand of Venus, holding a flower and attended by Cupid holding a caduceus. Leg. REGIVM CONNVBIVM. (The royal nuptials.) Er. KAL. SEPTEMBR MDCCXIX. (1 Sept. 1719.) 1.6. (See Woodcut.) Rare in silver. The Prince appears as Hercules reposing after his perils, and the Princess as Venus holding a flower, an emblem of hope and affection. The caduceus in the hand of Cupid intimates that love had eluded the vigilance of the guards and withdrawn the Princess from captivity. James having returned from Madrid, his marriage with the Princess Clementina was confirmed at Rome, 21 Aug. 1719. 52. MARRIAGE OF JAMES (III.), ELDER PRETENDER, AND Bust of Prince James, r., hair long, in scale armour with Medusa's head on the breast, and mantle. Leg. IACOBVS . III. Rev. Bust of Princess Clementina, l., hair long and wreathed with pearls, in gown decorated with a pearl chain and drop, and mantle. Leg. CLEMENTINA. MAGNAE. BRITANNIAE ET.C.REG. On truncation, OTTO HAMERANI. 1.9. xiii. 1. Lochner, I. 129. Cochran-Patrick, Scott. Med., Pl. Rare. MB. R. Æ. This medal was struck about the time of the marriage. The proceedings of the Stuart family and their partisans were frequently secret and mysterious. The letters ET. c. in the legend on the reverse were consequently supposed to have some mys terious meaning, and various interpretations were proposed of these letters. The common &c. ("et cetera ") was too obvious and simple a solution for those who were desirous of discovering some latent signification. PRINCESS CLEMENTINA. MEDALLIC PORTRAIT. 1719. Bust of Princess Clementina, r., hair tied in a knot behind, from whence descend two lovelocks, an ornamented bandeau round the head; she wears close fitting dress and ermine mantle. Leg. CLEMENTINA D: GRA: PR : MAG: BRIT: FR: E POL: No reverse. 3.55. Cochran-Patrick, Scott. Med., Pl. xii. 2. R. W. Cochran-Patrick, steel. Unique. This is a fine portrait of Clementina on steel, and set in a brass rim. It is engraved, and is probably the work of Otto Hamerani. 54. SIR THOMAS DEREHAM. 1719. Bust of Dereham, r., hair high and long, in loose robes, and cravat. Leg. THO. DEREHAM . M B. BARONETTVS ET.A. XXXVI. (Thomas Dereham, Baronet of Great Britain, aged 36.) Rev. A female figure, holding a wand and a laurel wreath, greets an approaching angel, and turns her back upon Fortune, seated upon her wheel. Leg. VIRTVTE. ME INVOLVO. (I envelop myself in virtue.-Hor. Car. III. xxix. 55.) Ex. 1719. 3.35. MB. E. For reverse see Mazzuchelli, II. Pl. clx. 1. (See Woodcut.) Very rare. He was Sir Thomas Dereham, of Dereham Abbey, Norfolk, and son of Sir Richard Dereham, was educated in Tuscany under the care of his father's cousin, who was envoy at that court, and who bequeathed to him his property and estates. attached to the exiled family of the Stuarts, embraced the Roman Caholic religion, and bequeathed a considerable sum to the College "de Propaganda Fide" in Rome for the endowment of two English students to go as missionaries to England. He died unmarried at Rome, 16 Jan. 1739, aged sixty-five. The reverse intimates that he relied upon his virtue, despising the gifts of Fortune; but this design, although perhaps appli cable to the character of Dereham, was not originally made for this medal, as it appears upon one of Giovanni Battista Cerretani (Mazzuchelli, II. Pl. clx. 1), a senator of Florence, where it was executed. There is another specimen of this medal in the British Museum, dated 1715, but neither this date nor 1719 coincide with the given age of Dereham. Half-length figure of Law, three-quarters, r., head facing, hair long, in cocked hat, embroidered coat, and the badge of the Order of the St. Esprit attached to a riband in his right : 55. hand he holds a paper inscribed, ACTI. EN BILLETS. (Shares in paper.) Leg. Mr de LAWS, COMTE de TANCKERVILLE, CONSEILLER du ROY DANS TOUTS SES CONSEILS, SURINTENDANT ET CONTROLLEUR GENERAL DES FINANCES du ROYAUME DE FRANCE. (Mons. de Laws, Comte de Tanckerville, Adviser of the King in all his Councils, Superintendent and Comptroller-General of the Finances of the Kingdom of France.) Rev. Inscription, DIMANCHE: NOUS VIDONS PAR LES BILLETS DE BANCQVE TOUTES LES BOURSES. LUNDI NOUS ACHETTONS DES ACTIONS, MARDI NOUS AVONS DES MILLIONS, MERCREDI NOUS REGLONS NOTRE MENAGE, IEUDI: NOUS NOUS METTONS EN EQUIPAGE, VENDREDI: NOUS ALLONS AU BALL, ET SAMEDI: A L'HOPITAL. 1720. (Sunday, by the notes of the bank we empty all the purses. Monday, we purchase our shares, Tuesday, we are millionaires, Wednesday, we arrange our menage, Thursday, we start our equipage, Friday, we go to the ball, and Saturday, to the Hospital [i.e. Poor House].) 1.3. Van Loon, Suppl. iii. 31. MB. electrotype from Bibl. Paris, R. Very rare. This and the four following pieces were executed by Christian Wermuth at Gotha. John Law of Lauriston, the famous financier and speculator, was the son of a goldsmith, and was born at Edinburgh, 21 April, 1671. In 1694, having killed his opponent in a duel, he was compelled to leave Scotland, and, after wandering about Italy for some years, he went in 1715 to Paris, where, shortly afterwards, he started with great success a private bank. His gigantic financial schemes and his monetary visions captivated the Regent, who established in 1718 the Royal Bank of France, VOL. II. G G |