Great Britain: Mudie’s British Victories: Napoleon at St Helena
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Form:
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Circular
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By:
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T. Webb (obv) and G. Mills (rev) / James Mudie |
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Date:
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1815 |
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Ref:
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BHM: 891; Eimer: 1079; Laidlaw: 0021;
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Variations:
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| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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| 40.8 mm | Bronze | 37.8 gm | $230 | | 40.9 mm | White Metal | 30.5 gm | $45 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Bareheaded bust of Napoleon in uniform, right. Legend: “NAPOLEON (left) BONAPARTE (right)”. Signed at the foot: “MUDIE DIR. / WEBB F”
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Reverse:
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On left, Napoleon seated on rock, contemplating with head in hand. Kneeling before him, winged figure of History, quill in hand and scroll on ground. Winged Fame with trumped above, flying right. Ships at sea behind right. In the exergue: “NAPOLEON AT ST HELENA”. Signed down near left rim: “MUDIE D.” and up the right: “MILLS F.”.
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Notes:
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Number 38 of Mudie’s series commemorating British Victories. Struck in 1820 at Edward Thomason’s factory in Birmingham.
St. Helena is a small island in the South Atlantic 2000 km west of Southern Africa. After Napoléon's defeat at the the Battle of Waterloo, he was taken to the island in October 1815 where he resided as a captive in Longwood House until his death on 5 May 1821.
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