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Royal Society of Medicine
London
Title
The Flight of Aeneas from Troy
Date
1769
Medium
plaster
Measurements
H 98 x W 98 x D 10 cm
Accession number
SCULPT_RSM_6
Work type
Relief
Signature/marks description
at foot of figures: J Bacon 1769
Inscription description
on attached label: This medallion is the original model by John Bacon, RA, representing Aeneas escaping from burning Troy carrying his father, the blind Anchises. His son, Ascanius, is clinging to his skirts, and Creusa the wife of Aeneas, follows behind. For this medallion, Bacon was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Academy in the year of its foundation, 1768. It was purchased by Sir William Chambers, one of the founders and first President of the Academy, and was placed by him over the dining room mantelpiece of the house he was at that time building for himself at 53, Berners Street. The house afterwards became the home of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society. The medallion was removed, along with the mantelpiece, in 1889, by Mr MacAlister, and placed in the Society's new House, and the medallion fixed in the council room and mantelpiece in the entrance-hall.
Royal Society of Medicine
1 Wimpole Street, London, Greater London W1G 0AE England
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