1*9. Eapin, xvi. 2. Van Loon, IV. 183.
MB. -ZR. Hague, 2R. Leyden, lead. Gotha, iEt.
Vienna, iR. Rare.
The bust in Rapin’s plate is in the other direction. The
laureated skull on the tomb indicates the triumph of death;
the circle of stars, the triumph of immortality.
3 6 6 . D e a t h oe M a ey . 28 169)1.
Bust of Mary, r., hair bound with fillet, lovelock, in mantle
fastened with brooch on the shoulder. Outer leg. m ab ia . i i .
d . g . mag . b e . e e . e t . h ib . e e g in a . Inner leg. incuse.
366. Death of Mary.
n o n : e s t : m o e ta l e qvod : o pto : m e l io e a s p e e o . (I desire
not earthly things, I hope for better.)
Rev. On a table in a chapel are lying the royal robes, sceptre,
and crown; above, incusely inscribed, ob : 28 ,d e : 1694.
Leg. incuse—
MY SOULE MOST EAENESTLY ASPIBES :
BEYOND ALL EAETHLY VAIN DESIEBS.
Below columns on right, i. e . (James Roettier.)
1'8. (See Woodcut.)
MB. lead. Unique ?
367. D e a t h o f M a e y . 169-f.
Bust of Mary, r., hair bound with fillet, lovelock, in mantle
fastened with brooch on the shoulder. Outer leg. m ae ia . n .
d . g . mag . b e . f e . e t . h ib . e e g in a . Inner leg. incuse—
MY SOULE MOST EAENESTLY ASPIEES :
ABOVE AL EAETHLY VAINE DESIEES .
OB . DEC . 28 . 94.
Rev. On a table in a chapel are lying the royal robes, &c.;
same as the preceding: above, incusely inscribed, nata a p e il .
30 . 1662. Leg. incuse, n o n e s t m o e ta l e qvod o pto : m e l i oea
s p e e o . Below columns on right, i. b . (James Roettier.)
1-8.
MB. lead. Unique ?
Both these medals are cast from the same mould, differing
only in those legends which are stamped in subsequently.
They appear to have been hurriedly executed by James Roettier
as cheap memorials of the Queen, and for distribution during
the time that the body of Mary was lying in state at Whitehall,
to which place it was removed from Kensington Palace.
368. D e a t h o f M a ey . 169f. D a s s ie b ’s M e d a l .
Bust of Mary, r., hair bound with pearls, ear-ring, necklace,
in mantle fastened with brooches on the breast and shoulder.
Leg. MAEIA . II . D . G . MAG . BE . FB . ET . HIB . EEGINA. Below,
i . d . (J. Dassier.)
Rev. Beneath a canopy a tomb, with a bas-relief of Religion
and Hymen lamenting the loss of Mary, while an infant Fame,
seated on a globe, proclaims her merits. Ex. nata . 10 . f e b b .
1662 . cob . i i . a p e . 1689 . m o b t . 29 . d e c . 1694.
MB. M.
This is one of Dassier’s series of medals of the Sovereigns
of England. Mary died on the 28th and not on the 29th Dec.