Medal - Queen Caroline Withdrawal of Pains & Penalties Bill

Features

Location	United Kingdom
Król	George IV (1820-1830)
Type	Commemorative medals
Year	1820
Composition	Pewter (stop cyny z ołowiem)
Weight	26.5 g
Diameter	43 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 396662
References	BHM# 1026 Laurence Brown. British Historical Medals. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes).

Commemorative issue

Wycofanie ustawy o bólach i karach z 1820 r. Automatically translated

Obverse

(en) Bust of Caroline facing left and wearing laurel wreath for victory (here over the Parliamentary Bill).

Script: łaciński

Lettering: CAROLINE QUEEN OF ENGLAND

Engraver: John Westwood Jr

Reverse

(en) A palm tree rising in the centre, with waves crashing against rocks below and legend arching above. The year (1820) is given in Roman numerals at the bottom.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
I RISE BY MY DIFFICULTIES
MDCCCXX

Engraver: John Westwood Jr

Edge

Zwykły Automatically translated

Comments

(en)

The Pains & Penalties Bill was best represented in Sir George Hayter's painting ‘The Trial of Queen Caroline’, as George IV aimed to divorce his estranged wife through a Parliamentary bill proving she was unfaithful and annulling the marriage, despite having a daughter, Charlotte, together and him having numerous mistresses. The impetus was the death of his father, George III, in 1820, thereby making him king and Caroline queen, which George IV tried to prevent through this divorce bill. It passed in the House of Lords by a tiny minority of nine, so the government withdrew the bill before sending it to the House of Commons for debate. This medal commemorates the withdrawal of this bill and clearly supports Catherine, portraying her as triumphant with the laurel wreath and the legend of her rising through difficulties, and simply by naming her ‘Queen of England’ on the obverse.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1820

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