lace, wears dress and ermine mantle. Leg. w. c . h e n r . f r .
PRINC . NASS . ET AR . ANNA . ANGL . PR . H®R . PR . NASS . ET AR.
(William Charles Henry Friso, Prince of Nassau and Orange;
Anne, Hereditary Princess of England, Princess of Nassau and
Orange.)
Rev. A female figure walking, I., and beneath the rays of
heaven, carries an infant: Leeuwarden in the background.
Leg. cara d eum so b o l e s . (Offspring, dear to the Gods.) Underneath,
and in the exergue, l e o v a r d i® . d . 28 . Febr . 1743.
(At Leeuwarden, 28 February, 1748.) n v s f . (Nicolaus Van
Swinderen fecit.)
1'85. Yan Loon, Suppl. xix. 176.
MB. iR. Somewhat rare.
This medal commemorates the birth of the Princess Caroline,
daughter of the Prince and Princess of Orange, who in 1760
was married to Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg.
Leeuwarden was at the time the residence of the Prince of
Orange.
208. A r ch d ea c o n B r id e o a k e . Died, 19 March, 1743.
Bust of Brideoake, r., hair long, in shirt with collar open
and cloak open in front. Leg. r a d u l ph b r id e o a k e a r c h id ia -
conus wiNTON. (Ralph Brideoake, Archdeacon of Winchester.)
Below, J . A. DASSIER.
Rev. The Church of St. Mary, Southampton. Leg. e c c l e s ia
b e a tæ m a r iæ r e s t it u t a 1722. (The Church of St. Mary
restored, 1722.) Ex. nat . 13 iu n . 1665 . ob . 19 mart .
1742/3. (Born 18 June, 1665; died 19 March, 174^.)
2-15.
MB. Æ. Somewhat rare.
The reverse is in rather high relief. Ralph Brideoake,
Archdeacon of Winchester, was Prebendary of Hereford and
Rector of St. Mary’s, Southampton, the church of which parish
and the parsonage-house he rebuilt at his own expense. In the
Gentleman’s Magazine, 1743, it is stated that Brideoake died
on the 25th March.
209. A r c h d e a c o n B r id e o a k e . Died, 19 March, 1743.
Bust of Brideoake, r., &c.; similar to the preceding, but not
from the same die.
Rev. The Church of St. Mary, Southampton. Leg. e c c l e s ia
BEAT® MARI® SOUTHTON RESTITUTA 1722. (The Church of
St. Mary, Southampton, restored, 1722.) Ex. nat . 18 iu n .
1665 . ob . 19 m ar t . 1742/8.
2-15. Snelling, xxxi. 6.
, MB. 2E. Not rare.
The reverse of this medal is in lower relief and better
executed than the preceding.
210. A id to M a r ia T h e r e s a , Q u e e n o f H ungary . 1743.
Bust of Maria Theresa, r., laureate, in rich dress with
Medusa’s head in front, and ermine mantle fastened with brooch
on the shoulder. Leg. maria t e r e s ia . a v str . ca ro l i . im p .
AVG. f . h v n g . e t . b o h em . r e g in a . (Maria Theresa of Austria,
the august daughter of Charles, the Emperor, Queen of Hungary
and Bohemia.) Oak border.
Rev. The Queen, with her son, seated upon a pile of arms
on the sea-shore, and attended by Yenus, Juno, and Minerva.
Neptune approaches, pointing to the British fleet in the distance.
Leg. se c v r it a s . a v g v sta e . (The security of the Queen.) Ex.
m d c c x x x x iii. On a rock, l . m . w . (Lorenz Maria Weber.) Laurel
border.
3-2. (See Woodcut.)
MB. lead. Extremely rare.
England having been a party to the Pragmatic Sanction,
supported the claim of Maria Theresa to the Austrian dominions
upon the death of her father, Charles YI. This medal, therefore,
commemorates the assistance afforded to the Queen by
England, especially by the operations of the fleet, a part of
which blockaded Cadiz, whilst another portion anchored in the
Bay of Naples, and forced Don Carlos to conclude a treaty
of neutrality with Austria. Neptune, the representative of