England, Benjamin West, Purchase of a Picture for the British Institute, 1815, a copper medal by G. Mills, bust left, rev. names of subscribers in lines around centre, edge named (Presented by Mr West to His Grace the Duke of Devonshire), 41mm (BHM 862). Extremely fine £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman.

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William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC (1790-1858); educ. Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; succeeded to the title 1811; close friend of the Prince Regent and carried the Orb at his coronation as George IV; Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire 1811-58; Lord Chamberlain of the Household, 1827-8 and 1830-4; president of the Royal Horticultural Society, 1838-58, and founder of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew