Depiction of a silver medal of Pope Julius III that was struck by Queen Mary at the restoration of the Roman Catolic religion in England. The obverse, comprising the left half of the design, shows a bust portrait of the Pope in profile with his title in Latin around the edge. The reverse, comprising the right half of the design, shows six full-length figures, with the Pope at center and one figure kneeling down before him; the text "Anglia resvrges" is present above this scene and "Vt nvnc novissimo die" is present below
Alternative Title:
Medal of Julius III
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Horace Walpole kept an example of this medal in the rose-wood case in the Library at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 89 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Julius III, Pope, 1487-1555, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
