The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 16, 2022

Five Pound Piece: Una, Guiding the Lion (reverse)

1839

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designed by

William Wyon

(British, 1795-1851)

England, Victoria, 1837-1901

Gold

Diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1969.217.b

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

DIRIGE DEUS GRESSIUS MEOS; below: MDCCCXXXIX; W. WYON R.A.

Inscription Translation

May the Lord direct my steps; 1839

Inscription Remark

Around below, the artist's name W. WYON R.A. (R.A. is the post-nominal for Royal Academician, i.e. an academician of the Royal Academy of Arts in London).

Provenance
Mrs. R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio.
1969-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1969.217.b