Rev. Bust of the Duchess of York, I., &c.; same as the
preceding.
2-05.
MB. jit. Bodley, jit. Bibl. Paris, jit.
Very rare.
These are very fine medals by George Bower. The Duchess
of York was Mary Beatrice d’Este, daughter of the Duke of
Modena, born 25 Sept. 1658, married 21 Nov. 1678, at the
age of fifteen years and two months.
257. S ir S am u e l M o r la n d , B a r t . 1681.
Bust of Charles II., r., laureate, hair long, flowing behind,
no drapery. Leg. c a r o l o . n . r e g i . i n s t i t v t o r i . a v g . (To
King Charles II., the august founder.) Below, 1681.
Rev. Inscription, in a d v e r s is . svmmo v it a e p e r ic v l o . in
p r o s p e r is . f e l io i in g e n io f r e q v e n s a d f v it . (In adversity at
the utmost peril of his life, in prosperity by his happy
ingenuity, he was frequently of service.)
Edge, sam vel . m orlandvs e q . avr . e t b a r . m a g is t e r
m ec h a n ico r vm . (Samuel Morland, Knight and Baronet, Master
of Mechanics.)
1'8. Med. Hist, xxxiv. 4. Evelyn, 141.
MB. jit. Yery rare.
The die of the obverse of this medal by John Eoettier is in
the British Museum.
258. S ir S am u e l M o r la n d , B a r t . 1681.
Bust of Charles II., I., laureate, hair falling in straight
curls behind, no drapery.
Rev. In the field, the inscription, sam vel . m orlandvs . e q v e s .
AVRATVS . E T BARONET : MAGISTER . MECHANICORVM . IN REBVS .
ADVERSIS . SVMMO . VITAE . PERICVLO . IN . PROSPERIS . FE L IC I .
INGENIO . FREQVENS . ADFVIT. Leg. CAROLO . I I . MAG . BRI .
FRAN . ET HIBERNIAE . REGI. 111. m . Rose.
1-35. Med. Hist, xxxiv. 8.
MB. jit. Gotha, jit. Very rare.
This one is by George Bower. These medals are said to have
been presented by the King to Sir Samuel Morland, when he
made him his Master of Mechanics; but it is evident that they
were struck by order of Morland, and dedicated to the King,
and to his own glorification. He disclosed to Charles a conversation
which he had accidentally heard, while secretary to
Thurloe, between Cromwell, Thurloe, and Sir Richard Willis,
when they were contriving a plot to entrap him and his brother
into a landing in Sussex. Having thus introduced himself to
Charles, he grew in his favour by the variety and ingenuity of
his mechanical contrivances, and at the Restoration was created
a baronet, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, and had a pension
of ¿6500 a year. The King often visited him at his house at
Vauxhall to see his inventions and machines, and he was
employed in France, at Windsor, and at Euston, in erecting
machines for the supply of water. (See also Nos. 279 and 280,
p. 596.)
259. E a r l o f S h a f t e s b u r y . 1681.
Bust of the Earl of Shaftesbury, r., hair long, neck bare, with
mantle over his shoulders. Leg. a n tonio c om it i d e s h a f t e s -
bv ry . On truncation, g b . f . (George Bower fecit.)
Rev. View of London from Southwark; the Tower in the
distance, and above, sun bursting from behind a cloud. Leg.
lastamvr. (Let us rejoice.) Ex. 24 nov 1681.
l -6. Med. Hist, xxxiii. 8. Evelyn, 175. Köhler, XI.
837. . .
MB. jR . Bodley, 2R. Athole, iR. Advocates, jR.
Munich, At. Rare.
Anthony Ashley Cooper, first Earl of Shaftesbury, statesman
and philanthropist, born 1621, sat in Parliament during the
Commonwealth. His zealous services towards the Restoration
were rewarded by the King with the Governorship of the Isle
of Wight, the Chancellorship of the Exchequer, and his
elevation to the peerage as Baron Ashley of Wimborne St.