• Title
  Thou wilt prolong the Kings life recovered from illness March 1801 / white metal medal commemorating return to health of King George III, 1801
• Creator
  J. G. Hancock
• Call number
  SAFE/R 191/Item a
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  1801
• Type of material
  Medals
• Reference code
  413479
• Issue Copy
  Copy print : R 191/Item a
  Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
• Physical Description
  Objects - 3.8 cm diameter - 1 white metal medal
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  This medal once belonged to Matthew Flinders
  Digital order no:Album ID : 846724
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Titled on reverse
  On reverse "Georgius I.H.D.G. Britanniarum Rex Fidei Def - I.G. Hancock"
  A printed separate sheet describes the design of the medal "Medal / on / His Majesty's happy Recovery from / his late dangerous Illness. / Obverse / Head of His Majesty. / Reverse / The Genius of Britain, supplicating the / Restoration the King's Health, whose / Prayer is graciously heard; and Medical / Aid represented by AEsculapius's Staff, &c / under the Blessing of Providence, effects a / cure. Legend, "Thou wilt prolong the / King's Life." Psalm 61."
  A note in Matthew Flinders' hand "Given to me when on board the Investigator 1801"
• Subject
  Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814.
  
• Topic
  medals
  royal family (Great Britain)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Artefact or Fiction: Curriculum highlights, 20 April 2018 to 19 April 2019
  Artefact or Fiction: Curriculum highlights, 18 April 2019 to 20 April 2020
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1077219

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