Nobel Prize Gold Medal awarded to W. B. Yeats,
1923.
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In collection: | W. B. Yeats's Nobel Prize Gold Medal for Literature with Diploma citation certificate of issue, and related correspondence, 1923. |
Format: | Manuscript |
Language: | English |
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Notes: | 23 carat gold, weight 206.3 grams (Swedish Royal Mint). Obverse displaying a profile bust of Alfred Nobel facing left with lettering in relief. Reverse displaying an allegorical vignette of a Muse with lyre and an enraptured youth wearing a laurel wreath writing down her song. Lettering in relief underneath "W. B. Yeats MCMXXIII" inscribed in a plaque on the exurgue. Housed in original red diced morocco gilt box. Physical description: 1 medal : gold ; diameter 6.7 cm, in case 13.3 x 13.3 cm. more |
Access: | Access restricted. |
Arrangement: | Item |
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Nobel Prize Gold Medal awarded to W. B. Yeats,
1923.
In Collection: | W. B. Yeats's Nobel Prize Gold Medal for Literature with Diploma citation certificate of issue, and related correspondence, 1923. |
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Main Creator: | |
Language: | English |
Extent: | 1 medal : gold ; diameter 6.7 cm, in case 13.3 x 13.3 cm. |
Format: | Manuscript |
Call Number: |
MS 50,140/1
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
Access Conditions: | Access restricted. |
Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |
Corporate Author: | Svenska akademien |