Sir Charles Barry and Parliament by Leopold Wiener (obv) and Jacques Wiener (rev). 1862. Bronze. Diameter: 59 mm. Inscribed obverse: “SIR C. BARRY R.A. / ARCHITECT / ART-UNION OF LONDON / 1862 / LEOPOLD WIENER.” Inscribed reverse: “COMMENCED 1837 • INAUGURATED 1847 / J. WIENER.” [Click on images to enlarge them.]
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