267, Lot: 577. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREAT BRITAIN, temp. Hanover. Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. 1833-pres. AR Medal (45mm, 44.86 g, 12h). By W. Wyon. Dated 1833. Awarded to C. Brittan, artist, September 1854. JAMES WATT, bust of James Watt left / ROYAL/ CORNWALL/ POLYTECHNIC/ SOCIETY/ INSTITUTED/ 1833/ SECOND CLASS. Edge engraved: To C. Brittan for Water Color Drawing, September 1854. Eimer 1272 var. (First Class). EF, toned, a few minor marks.

The artist Charles Edward Brittan (1837-1888) specialized in paintings of exotic animals, primarily in the water color medium.