1-5.
Hunter, lead. Extremely rare.
The bust of Louis XIV. is probably copied from a medal by
Jan Smeltzing ; it was published with various reverses, satirizing
the French king. Upon this medal it is intended only to
contrast the two rival sovereigns.
193. D u k e o f Z e l l . K n ig h t o f t h e G a b t e e .
■£g April, 1691.
Bust of William III., r., laureate, hair long, in figured armour
and embroidered mantle round the breast. Leg. w il h e m . in .
D . G . ANG . SCO . FEANC . ET . HLB . BEX. Below, F . D. W :
(F. D. Winter.) N. c. a . p . (Neale, Custos Artifex Primus.)
Rev. William, robed and crowned, with drawn sword in his
hand, presents the collar of the Garter to the Duke of Zell,
also robed. Leg. h o c p e e t iv m v ib t v t is h a b e . (Take this
reward of virtue.) Ex. d u x z e l . a e e g e to e q v e d o n . (The
Duke of Zell presented with a collar by the King.)
2. Bapin, xi. 12. Yan Loon, IY. 48.
No specimen has been met with. For an explanation of the
initials on the obverse see No. 62, Yol. I. p. 687.
The Duke of Zell was the oldest Prince of the House of
Brunswick Luneburg, a personal friend of William, a supporter
of the liberties of Europe, and a skilful and successful general.
He was elected a Knight of the Garter, 30 Dec. [0. S.] 1690,
and was invested with the Order by the King himself at the
Hague, April, 1691. He was the father of Sophia Dorothy,,
wife of George I. He died 28 Aug. 1705, aged 82.
194. D u k e o f Z e l l . K n ig h t o f t h e G a b t e e .
jK April, 1691.
Bust of William IH., r., laureate, hair long, in armour and
mantle with ornamented border. Leg. . . . h em . i i i . d . g .
ang . sco . fb a n c . e t . h ib . b e x . Below, the artist’s initials,
d . s.
Rev. William presenting the collar of the Garter to the Duke
of Zell, &c.; same as the preceding.
2. MB. electrotype from Marquess of Bute, lead. Unique ?
This medal is an accurate copy of the preceding, executed by
another artist. (See No. 103.)
195. D u k e o f Z e l l . K n ig h t o f t h e G a b t e e .
Yg April, 1691.
Bust of William III., r., laureate, hair long, in armour and
embroidered mantle. Leg. w il h e l m . i i i . d . g . a n g . sco .
FEANC . ET HIB . BEX.
Rev. William, habited as a Roman Emperor, and wearing
the robes of the Garter, is about to place the collar of the
Garter over the head of the Duke of Zell, also in Roman
costume and robes. Leg. h o c p e e t i v m v i b t v t i s h a b e . E x .
DUX ZEL A EEGE TOEQUE . DON.
2-6. Chevalier, p. 211.
No specimen has been met with. This medal was executed
in Holland, and appears to be the work of Jan Luder.
196. C o b n e l iu s T b o m p . Died, May, 1691.
Bust of Tromp, r., hair long, in large cravat, armour, and
mantle. Leg. co en : tb om p io com : sy l l : e q : o ed : e l e p h :
BAB : (To Cornelius Tromp, Count of Sylliesburg, Knight of
the Order of the Elephant, Baron.)
Rev. Inscription, h o l l a n d i® e t w e s t f b i s i® a e c h it a l a s so .
GALLOEUM BBITANNOE : SUECOBUM VICTOEI FOBTI FELICI . HUNC
n um m : CUD : IUSS : h je e e d . cio ioc xci. (Admiral of Holland
and West Friesland, conqueror over the French, the British,
and the Swedes, brave, prosperous; his heirs ordered this
medal to be struck, 1691.)
1-9. Yan Loon, IY. 43.
MB. At. Bibl. Paris, At, Hague, At. P. H. Yan
Gelder, At. Brussels, At. Gotha, At. Rare.