Description
IRELAND Dublin Industrial Exhibition 1853 William Dargan 43.75 white metal medal 25.5 grams
Obverse: bust facing right, DARGAN / W.W.F.
Reverse: GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION / IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY / ERECTED AT THE SOLE EXPENSE OF WILLIAM DARGAN / OPENED THE 12TH MAY 1853 / Sir J. BENSON ARCHT / WOODHOUSE F.
For more information on the Dublin Industrial Exhibition and William Dargan click the link below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Industrial_Exhibition_(1853)
William Woodhouse (1805-1878) was an Irish medallist born in Dublin. He was apprenticed to Thomas Halliday in Birmingham.
