Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
June 1778
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 29v
Notes:
John Kirk (1724-1776), medal, 1770, commemorating the death of William Beckford (1709-1770), who twice held the office of Lord Mayor of London. Kirk produced a second medal in 1773.
Du Simitière recorded receiving another one of these medals from Philadelphia printer Robert Aitken (1734-1802) in June 1779. MB, fol. 39v. Aitken was, with Philadelphia carver and gilder James Reynolds, one of the appraisers of Du Simitière's estate.
