Vic t o r ia . (Where he was present, there was Victory.) Ex.
OB . 27 . ju n . 1722 . NAT . ANN . 74. (Died 27 June, 1722,
aged 74.)
1*65. (See Woodcut.)
68. Death of the Duke of Marlborough.
MB. JR. M . Not uncommon.
Victory is here mentioned as Marlborough’s inseparable companion,
conformably to the statement of the historian, “ that
he never besieged a town which he did not take, nor fought a
battle which he did not gain.” Marlborough was born 24 June,
1650 : he died therefore in his seventy-second year, and not in
his seventy-fourth, as stated on this medal.
69. S ir C h r is t o p h e r W r e n . Died, 25 Feb. 1723.
Bust of Wren, I., hair long, in vest and loose mantle. Leg.
CHRISTOP . WREN . EQVES . AVR & . ARCHITECT. Below, OBIIT .
a . D . 1723 . ¿ET . 91. (Died in 1723, aged 91.)
Rev. The west front of St. Paul’s Cathedral. Upper leg.
vnvm . p r o . c v n c t is . eama . loqvatvr . o pv s . (Let fame celebrate
one work for all.) Lower leg. in c e p t . a . d . 1675 .
p e r f e c t . a . d . 1711. Ex. a e d e s . s . pa v l i . l o n d . (The
Cathedral of St. Paul, London, begun in 1675, and finished in
1711.) G. D. GAAB . SCVLP.
MB. JE. Very rare.
Cast and chased, and executed by G. D. Gaab, a medallist of
Augsburg. This medal was made about the middle of the
eighteenth century, and, in commemorating Wren, selects his
greatest work as illustrative of his genius. Sir Christopher
Wren, the famous architect and mathematician, born at East
Knoyle in Wiltshire, 20 Oct. 1632, was educated at Oxford.
In 1657 he occupied the chair of Astronomy at Gresham
College, London, and three years afterwards was appointed
Savilian Professor at Oxford. His talents as an architect soon
gave him a great reputation, and after the fire of 1666 he was
engaged to rebuild St. Paul’s Cathedral, which was begun in
1675 and completed in 1710— not in 1711, as stated on this
medal. Wren was one of the Founders of the Royal Society,
and was most influential towards its early success. He died
25 Feb. 1723, in his ninety-first year.
70. J a c o b it e C o n s p ira c y d is c o v e r e d . May, 1723.
A Bishop and four other persons seated at a table. Leg.
Chronogrammatic. D e Cr e t V M e s t r eg n o b r I to r e s t I tV atV r
abaC tV s . (It is decreed, let the banished one be restored to the
70. Jacobite Conspiracy discovered.
throne of Britain, m d c c v v w i i = 1722.) Ex. c o n s p ir a t io n [rev.
b r ita n n ic a | | (The British conspiracy.)