MB. lead. Bare.
This is copied from the preceding medal and is of a smaller
size. Both these pieces are somewhat rare, because they were
considered not worth preserving.
49. E sc a pe o f P r in c e s s C l em e n t in a fr om I n n s p r u c k .
28 April [N. S.], 1719.
Bust of Princess Clementina, I., hair decorated with diadem
and wreathed with pearls, pearl ear-ring and necklace, in gown
bordered with jewels, and ermine mantle. Leg. Cl em e n t in a .
M . BRITAN . FR . ET . HIB . REGINA. Below, OTTO . HAMERANI . F .
Rev. Princess Clementina in a car drawn at speed by two
horses: in the distance, Borne and the rising sun. Leg.
fo r tvnam . cavsamqve . s e q v o r . (I follow his fortune and his
cause.) Ex. d e c e p t is . c v sto d ib v s . m dc cxix. (The guards
being deceived, 1719.)
1‘9. Lochner, T. 369. Cochran-Patrick, Scott. Med.,
PI. xi. 9.
MB. iR. Not uncommon.
Princess Clementina Sobieski, grand-daughter of John So-
bieski, King of Poland, was betrothed to Prince James Stuart.
George I. was averse to the marriage, and the Emperor, to
gratify him, arrested her on her way to Italy, and confined her
in the Castle of Innspruck. Ultimately the guards were deceived,
and Clementina escaped by a rapid and perilous flight to
Bologna, where she was married by proxy to James, who at
that time was in Spain. Her father, Prince James Louis
Sobieski, approved her escape, declaring that, as she became
engaged to Prince James she ought to “ follow his fortune and
his cause.”
50. J o s e p h A d d iso n . Died, 17 June, 1719.
Bust of Addison, r., hair long, in lace cravat and close fitting
coat. Leg. jo s e p h u s a d d iso n . Below, e . rogat f .
Rev. Inscription, n a t u s a n . m .d c . l x x i i . m i s t o n v i l t o n i a e
i n a n g l i a o b i i t a n M.DCC.xix. (Born, 1672, at Miston in
Wiltshire, in England; died, 1719.) Ex. s e r i e s n u m ism a t io a UNIVERSALIS
V1RORUM ILLUSTRIUM M.DCCC.XXIII. DURAND EDIDIT.
1-6.
MB. M.
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 Begency, 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. M a r r ia g e o f J am e s (IH.), E l d e r P r e t e n d e r , and
P r in c e s s C l em e n t in a . 1719.
Busts conjoined, r., of James and Clementina. He, hair long,
is in armour, mantle, and riband across the breast ; she, hair
51. Marriage of James and Clementina,
confined by pearls and bandeau and flowing over the shoulders,