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DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. [GROUND 
Waterloo. The earliest specimens are personal : historical 
medals begin to be frequent under Elizabeth : the Armada 
series, struck in England and Holland, must be noted, as well 
as the fine portraits of Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots (by 
Primavera), Dudley Lord Leicester, and the fine group of 
illustrious persons by Stephen of Holland. The series of the 
Stuarts begins with the works of Rawlins and the two Simons ; 
the interesting class of Passe's engraved medals follows : the 
Commonwealth is represented by the splendid engravings of the 
Simons, including a Captain's Medfc] of Blake's engagement, 
1 653, a naval reward, and the Dunbxr military medal. The 
medals of Charles II., though inferiov in style, are of value 
for their political character, especially hi the history of the 
" Popish Plot/' The chief medallists of this reign as well as 
of the next were the brothers De Rattier. These are followed 
by an important group of the medals of the three Pretenders. 
The English series subsequent to the reign of James II., is 
of inferior art, though the historical interest is maintained 
under William III. and Anne. Among later works, the most 
important is Pistrucci's design for the Great Waterloo Medal. 
The exhibition is completed by a large selection from the 
military and naval medals in the National Collection. 
REGINALD STUART POOLE. 
