. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. of the great English Queen at thisperiod. On the reverse, a symbolic figure bears hername aloft round the circle of the globe. A copyof this medal has been, by the Kings permission,presented to the Metropolitan Museum of NewYork. At the Queens death, Mr. Fuchs was com-manded by the present King to come to Osborneand make a study of the dead Queen, his mother,then lying in state. It was most appro]:)riate thatMr. Fuchs should have been selected to make this|)riceless study, for the late Queen had been one ofhis most constan
. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. of the great English Queen at thisperiod. On the reverse, a symbolic figure bears hername aloft round the circle of the globe. A copyof this medal has been, by the Kings permission,presented to the Metropolitan Museum of NewYork. At the Queens death, Mr. Fuchs was com-manded by the present King to come to Osborneand make a study of the dead Queen, his mother,then lying in state. It was most appro]:)riate thatMr. Fuchs should have been selected to make this|)riceless study, for the late Queen had been one ofhis most constant patrons. Mr. Fuchs was, also,commanded by King Edward to make his portraitfor the new ])ostage stamp. A drawing in profilewas used for tlii> purpose, and a design from it, inrelief, for the embossed stamp which is printedu])()n envelo])es, and also for the stamp used inregistering bills. Mr. Fuchs next commission, alsofrom King Edward, was a design for the Ct)ronationMedal, which was conferred upon all tliose whowere faxored with a special invitation to West- IH. LIFE IT PASSES, LIFE IT COMESBY EMIL FUCHS
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