Does anyone know what this is our value?

[EricLynn]

Any info would be great. Thanks

 

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[A2coins]

That's interesting what's it made of

 

[A2coins]

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[EricLynn]

That's interesting what's it made of

Hello I believe it is made of copper. It probably weighs 25 pounds or more

 

[Hawks88]

Welcome to tnet from Niagara Falls. Sorry can’t help with the ID.

 

[Reanm8er]

Here's something that may be a hint. Two of those men were British Prime Ministers. William Pitt and the Earl of Bute. Perhaps if you turned this thing right side up and made one or two photos of the whole inscription we could make out the names of the other men.

 

[firemanphob]

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[ANTIQUARIAN]

This is an interesting piece Eric, I've not seen anything quite like it though.
I'd like to see a pic of the reverse side of it to see how it was made.

Dave

 

[DCMatt]

I'm guessing Markham made a living doing plaques of historical events and settings. Here's few of his pieces lifted from the archives of a German auction house:

 

[Reanm8er]

By looking at the bios of all these men they are all either engineers, advocates or supporters of the taxation policy that caused the American Revolution. The names listed are in order of their appearance in the work. Charles Townsend was the Chancellor of the Exchequer (The Tax Man Himself). Lord North was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence. Bishop William Markham was one of the best scholars of his day, and was a staunch advocate of American colonialism. This is an unusual depiction of George III in a casual pose without crown.

This might be interpreted as a portrait of the villains.

 

[Reanm8er]

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[DCMatt]

This is an unusual depiction of George III in a casual pose without crown.

I think not. It's like a snapshot, not a formal portrait. The King is with his advisers. He should be casual and relaxed. The crown is not necessary as it is not a public event and everyone in the room already recognizes him as the King.

I searched a little more for J. L. Markham historical plaques. I found two more from the same time period (1886). It seems he was not a well known artist. I'll also point out that I didn't see any duplicates of any of the pieces I found on line. Are they all "one offs"? Commissioned? Pieces celebrating the American Centennial (10 years too late...)?

Whatever the case, none of the pieces have any real value. A few hundred bucks at best.