439, Lot: 777. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

William Shakespeare, poet and playwright. 1564-1616. AR Medal (48mm, 38.61 g, 12h). National Edition of Shakespeare’s Works. By C.H. Küchler, obverse after T. Banks. Dated 1803. Sculpture group Shakespeare attended by Painting and Poetry by Thomas Banks: William Shakespeare seated facing slightly left on rock, attended by the Muse of Drama and the Genius of Painting; rock set on plinth inscribed HE WAS A MAN/ TAKE HIM FOR ALL IN ALL/ I SHALL NOT LOOK UPON HIS LIKE AGAIN (Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 2) / (lyre, olive branch, and scroll intertwined)/ THIS/ MEDAL/ REPRESENTING SHAKSPEARE BETWEEN/ THE DRAMATICK MUSE AND THE GENIUS OF PAINTING/ IS RESPECTFULLY PRESENTED TO/ THE PERSON/ WHOSE NAME IT BEARS/ IN GRATEFUL COMMEMORATION OF THE GENEROUS SUPPORT/ GIVEN BY THE SUBSCRIBERS/ TO THE GREAT NATIONAL EDITION OF THAT/ IMMORTAL POET/ BY II & JN BOYDELL/ AND/ G&W NICOL/ 1803. Edge: plain. BHM 553; Eimer 950. In NGC encapsulation, 4479795-001, graded AU 50. Iridescent toning.