Holdings Information

Bibliographic Record Display

• Author/Creator:Pinches (Medallists)
  
• Title:Albert Smith token.
  
• Production:Great Britain, 1859.
  
• Physical Description:1 token : copper ; 22 mm in diameter
  

• Yale Holdings

  Holdings Record Display

  • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
    Request for use in the YCBA Study Room
    
    
  • Call Number: Flat D 9e
    
  • Status:No information available 
  • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
    

   
• Biographical / Historical note:The token was issued in conjunction with Albert Smith's entertainments at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. These performances included Smith's description of his travels to China in 1858.
  
• Summary:The obverse depicts a bearded bust of Albert Smith, facing to the right. In small letters at bottom: "Pinches."
  The reverse bears text: "Albert Smith's Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, 1859, China."
  
• Variant and related titles:Albert Smith's Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, 1859, China
  
• Format:Visual Material
• References:Davis, W.J. Tickets and passes of Great Britain and Ireland, page 69/179
  Brown, L. Catalogue of British historical medals, 1760-1960, 2658
  Batty's catalogue of the copper coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, British isles and colonies, local & private tokens jettons, &c Middlesex 486
  
• Subjects:Smith, Albert, 1816-1860.
  Amusements--England--London.
  London (England)--Social life and customs--19th century.
  China.
  
• Genre/Form:Tokens.