Medal - Visit of Queen Victoria visit to City of London

Reverse

The Lord Mayor of London, the Rt. Hon. Sir John Cowan, wearing robes and chain of office, welcoming Queen Victoria. The young queen is attended by Britannia (with shield and wreath) standing right, Fortune with a cornucopia to the left, and winged Fame blowing on a trumpet behind.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
WELCOME
IN COMMEMORATION OF HER MAJESTYS VISIT TO THE
CITY OF LONDON NOVR. 9TH 1837
THE RIGHT HONORBL. JOHN COWAN LORD MAYOR
I. BARBER F.

Translation: I Barber Fecit [J Barber made me]

Engraver: J Barber

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 Alexandrina Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of England (1837-1901), was the daughter of Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, and Mary Louisa Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Princess Victoria succeeded to the throne on the death of her uncle William IV in 1837. On the eve of her proclamation the Queen wrote in her diary, "Since it has pleased Providence to place me in this station, I shall do my utmost to fulfil my duty towards my country; I am very young, and perhaps in many, though not all things, inexperienced, but I am sure that very few have more real good will and more real desire to do what is fit and right than I have".
 The visit of the Queen to the Guildhall at the City of London followed a well-established precedent begun centuries before. It was the custom of the monarch to attend the mayoralty banquet immediately following the new monarch's accession to the throne. Several members of the royal family were present at the banquet.

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